Author Topic: tapers (Read 357 times)

Buck Buckley · « **on:** July 17, 2012, 04:40:00 PM »

How does one find the thicknes of the tapers and parallels he needs to build abow. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A LAM BOW 62" 45 50 LBS. How many tapers would I NEED and what 000 per inch and also on the parallels. [thickness} Thank you. Buck

bamboo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2012, 05:17:00 PM »

longbow-recurve??

rmorris · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2012, 05:31:00 PM »

Best way to do it is use a know design such as binghams or I think Kenny may have one. If you want to do your own design you will more than likely have to make an educated guess on your first bow and that will give you a baseline to get the 2nd one correct. For my longbows I typically do one .002 taper and the rest parallel. Best of luck and show us your progress.