Hill style bow

[onemississipp]

With all the taper talk it helps for some to see it, so here is a .004 taper, inch position on the left.

0   0.400
1   0.396
2   0.392
3   0.388
4   0.384
5   0.380
6   0.376
7   0.372
8   0.368
9   0.364
10   0.360
11   0.356
12   0.352
13   0.348
14   0.344
15   0.340
16   0.336
17   0.332
18   0.328
19   0.324
20   0.320
21   0.316
22   0.312
23   0.308
24   0.304
25   0.300
26   0.296
27   0.292
28   0.288
29   0.284
30   0.280
31   0.276
32   0.272
33   0.268
34   0.264

[onemississipp]

With all the taper talk it helps for some to see it, so here is a .006 taper, inch position on the left.

0   0.400
1   0.394
2   0.388
3   0.382
4   0.376
5   0.370
6   0.364
7   0.358
8   0.352
9   0.346
10   0.340
11   0.334
12   0.328
13   0.322
14   0.316
15   0.310
16   0.304
17   0.298
18   0.292
19   0.286
20   0.280
21   0.274
22   0.268
23   0.262
24   0.256
25   0.250
26   0.244
27   0.238
28   0.232
29   0.226
30   0.220
31   0.214
32   0.208
33   0.202
34   0.196

[onemississipp]

So it's easy to see how limb profiles will need to change for each degree of taper.

[typical2]

There are lots of ways to make a Hill style.  I just donated a 69" 45@28 that had a .012"/" taper.  Stack was .640 as I recall.  Smooth and quick.

[StanM]

Sorry it took so long. Here's the pic.

[onemississipp]

That looks great StanM, not what I expected.

[StanM]

Thanks, Dustin. It's a good shooter. For a while at the school I teach at I got to do an archery class and we made bows. First year we made board bows and very few made it (all kids were 12-14). Here's a pic of one that turned out super nice.

 

Wish I had a pic of that one at full draw, it was a beauty. Funny how a kid that may not be so good at schoolwork can turn heads with what he's capable of doing with his hands. Shame it mostly boils down to standardized test scores. But, I'm digressing.

The following year Mike Westvang was kind enough to glue up a bunch of bamboo backed bows for the kids and we made those. Most of those held together, but tillering was still a bugger for a lot of kids and we ended up with some real light weights. The boy on the right built a real nice bbo in the class and still has it now. He's a senior in college.

 

The following year is when I experimented with building fiberglass bows by buying two-inch wide stock and ripping it in two. I bet we built over 100 bows that way. Was a lot of fun. Here's one of the early finerglass bows in action.

 

Then I lost the class to budget constraints four years ago and that was that.

[blacktailchaser]

i would love to build a hill bow..but,i get so messed up in the world of glass..john

[onemississipp]

Stan,
Great job on the school bows. They are introducing archery back into some of the schools here.

Blacktailchaser,
Dive in, there is plenty of knowledge here that can help you, and for free at that!