Just finished a bow that had quite a bad twist in the bottom limb, this was more exaggerated in the tip then anywhere else. Had to remove quite a lot of to persuade it back, couldn't get rid of it entirely but the bow shot fine. This video just reassured me I did everything I could. Thanks.
Great advice! I have several vintage (1950's -1960's) bows with slight limb twists. They shoot better than I do. I can prove this by shooting a 300 round with a perfect Olympic re-curve (bare-bow) and then shooting an old twisted Ben Pearson or Fred Bear. They all score in the high 270's. I suppose if I was a high 290's shooter, I could tell the difference, but I don't think I will live that long.
Thank you very much for the that, Philip, very useful info. If I had to go for it on my own, I would have taken wood off the wrong side, so thanks again for saving me! Regards, Wayne
I remember bow twist because the string/limb twists towards the weaker side. So then you can remove wood from the corner of the belly that is on the stronger side. I have had several bows with twisting problems mostly because I roughed out the stave sloppily.
There's a video on You Tube on taking the twist out of osage orange for bowmaking... I forget what it was called, but it entails heating the twisted area and clamping a lever on the end with a weight to twist the wood the other way....
I could see myself taking a spontaneous swift move and cutting a twisted bow in half in order to sabotage myself to a point of no return.. and move on to the next one !
Just finished a bow that had quite a bad twist in the bottom limb, this was more exaggerated in the tip then anywhere else. Had to remove quite a lot of to persuade it back, couldn't get rid of it entirely but the bow shot fine. This video just reassured me I did everything I could. Thanks.
Great advice! I have several vintage (1950's -1960's) bows with slight limb twists. They shoot better than I do. I can prove this by shooting a 300 round with a perfect Olympic re-curve (bare-bow) and then shooting an old twisted Ben Pearson or Fred Bear. They all score in the high 270's.
I suppose if I was a high 290's shooter, I could tell the difference, but I don't think I will live that long.
Thank you very much for the that, Philip, very useful info. If I
had to go for it on my own, I would have taken wood off the wrong side,
so thanks again for saving me!
Regards,
Wayne
I always thought bow twists were a lot simpler than they actually are... silly me! Thanks for this information!
I remember bow twist because the string/limb twists towards the weaker side. So then you can remove wood from the corner of the belly that is on the stronger side. I have had several bows with twisting problems mostly because I roughed out the stave sloppily.
Very timely advise, many thanks for the video's .
Loxley
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There's a video on You Tube on taking the twist out of osage orange for bowmaking...
I forget what it was called, but it entails heating the twisted area and clamping a lever on the end with a weight to twist the wood the other way....
Thank you very much !
good stuff man, love your thing, x
I could see myself taking a spontaneous swift move and cutting a twisted bow in half in order to sabotage myself to a point of no return.. and move on to the next one !
Sergeant Crow just came from doing exactly that. Got mad i couldn't get the twist out and snapped it in two.
Good information , Bad sound
Err, thanks, trying my best with a phone via a facebook stream, i am aware.