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Offline Knawbone

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BBO Best Width
« on: March 02, 2011, 01:51:00 PM »
Woundering what is the best width for a BBO. The one Im building is 1 IN. 400 thou. at the end of the working limb.{ fades I guess it would be] My other BBO is 1in. 200 thou. Im thinking maybe the limbs on my build are too wide. Thanks for any input.
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Re: BBO Best Width
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 02:00:00 PM »
I generally would go 1 3/8" to 1 1/2" with the narrower my preference. If, while tillering, you find the limbs are getting too thin start tillering from the limb sides instead of the belly.
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Offline Knawbone

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Re: BBO Best Width
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 02:50:00 PM »
Thanks again Pat, Thats exactly the answer I was looking for.
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HHA 5 lam Cheetah 65" 48@26
HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
Kota Prarie Nomad 60" 47@24
You can do a lot of things when you have too W S Butler My Grandfather

Offline John Cooper

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Re: BBO Best Width
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 06:22:00 PM »
I think the tendency of most bowyers is to not touch the width once you start tillering the bow.  Pat has great advise there.
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