| From: Dan Jones
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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Is there any reason why I shouldn't "trap" the limbs of a finished selfbow in order to reduce the draw weight? Thank you.
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| From: 2 bears
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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Why not just scrape the belly? Bringing the edges to thin corners would probably encourage splinters. >>>----> Ken
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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It depends which way you intend to trap it.
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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Being somewhat of an amateur with only a couple dozen Osage bows to my credit, my understanding of the purpose of trapping either the back or the belly of a selfbow is to balance out the bow woods ( back) tension and the ( belly) compression strengths of the wood. My intitial thoughts wood to remove wood evenly across the belly to achieve your desired weight. I have done this on 3 of my past Osage bows with good success.
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| From: Stick Hippie
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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I’d probably just take some weight off by scraping the belly, I’m a big fan of rounding (even slightly) all my edges, I just believe it helps reduce the risk of popping an edge splinter
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| From: Pa Steve
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| Date: 29-Apr-24 |
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bentstick54 x 2
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 30-Apr-24 |
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Trapping the back of a bow is only used when the wood you use is much stronger in tension than compression. No other reason. Trapping isn't a weight loss formula. Scrape the belly to achieve that.
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| From: HRhodes
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| Date: 30-Apr-24 |
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Pearl Drums x 2.
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| From: Arvin
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| Date: 05-May-24 |
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I trap a lot of Osage bows. Scribe a 1/4” on each side of the limbs then the same on the back. Takes 2-4 pounds off.
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