Folks I am usually pretty humble.
But I have outdone myself on this design. It is super stable real forgiving points welland plenty fast enough. I settled on a .0025 FT with a straight taper wedge. Risers from 16 to 14 in. Same length limbs. I did move the stop in 1 in on the last set of limbs. Works good at 56 in. Not as forgiving.
Have built 5 so far and extra limbs. Two in KY and one about 60 miles away.
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Beautiful shape to those limbs! How long was the wedge? Tip wedge ? Great work!!
Good looker Mike !! :thumbsup:
Nice Work!
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8.25 on the wedges and can go longer depending on draw length. No tip wedge.
kinda looks like a Zipper design.
Very nice, Mike..
Can we see a unstrung pic ? And what pad angle are you using ?
Jim
:clapper: Well I can't speak for the others but I can say that the two guys in Ky (me and my hunting partner) are very much satisfied with their bows! I say Homerun on this design Mike; good shooter, hope to soon get 🩸 blood 🩸 on it! :thumbsup:
Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works although not a Shrew design either.
Quote from: Crooked Stic on August 31, 2024, 06:50:08 AM
Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works although not a Shrew design either.
Zipper built a lot of bows that were seriously floppy limbed and vertically unstable IMO. But they sold a lot of them.... To each his own.... I never cared for that limb design much myself. They can be pretty decent in the performance dept though.
The one pc Shrew design for a shorty bow was excellent, and I did build quite a few of those years ago myself and elk hunted with one. Those were rock solid vertically.
One man's garbage is another man's treasure .... Gotta love it!