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Offline walkabout

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Re: Hand Shock!
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2010, 05:58:00 PM »
Great explanation of tiller as applied to handshock and tip size Nick. I have a question though, on selfbows do you taper to 3/8 tips from where your limbs taper or do you simply taper them smoothly into the rest of the limb? When i build i generally start with my limbs tapering to 1/2 inch nocks from 15 inches or so varying on limb length, should i just start tapering straight to 3/8 instead?
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Re: Hand Shock!
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2010, 05:56:00 PM »
Richard that is what i did with my last bow, i started tappering to 1" and then on the last foot tappered to 5/8" (? can't remember) But it seems to have worked fine. Came out with a 45# bow.

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Re: Hand Shock!
« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2010, 03:10:00 PM »
walkabout, I did something similar to Undercontrol on my self-warbows; tapering them from a foot outside the riser to imaginary 1" wide nocks, then tapering the last foot even more towards 1/2" wide nocks; an increased taper.

this bow was tillered elliptical(increasing bend towards the tips), but the bend didn't increase on the last foot since it had additional taper; since the tips were similar to those on a pyramidal bow. Great bow, untill I chopped it down for a kidbow.

but Usually I like to taper my limbs straight out of the fades to my 3/8" wide nocks, or start the taper like 1 foot out of the fades; depending on the woods density and the staves dimensions. This is what I suggest on a flatbow.

If I had a bow that tapered from say midlimb to 1/2" tips, and I wanted 3/8" tips,,, well, I wouldn't bee too accurate at all. just doing a few strokes with my spokeshave over the sides till I get where I want. Bowmaking, at least for me, is not rocketscience, but does require little logic and physics.

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Re: Hand Shock!
« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2010, 01:18:00 PM »
makes sense, ive been leaving them full width till just after midlimb, then tapering from there in a flatbow design. its worked pretty well for me, i just wasnt sure about the tips. usually i wait till i get the overlays on then work them down thinner to keep mass down.
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Re: Hand Shock!
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2010, 12:46:00 AM »
1 inch wide tips are your problem. Take them down to at least 5/8th wide, but leave the 3/8th thick.

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