Static recurve

[Lee Lobbestael]

Hi guys I'm building a classic recurve with static tips (hopefully) I'm trying to keep it an inch and a half wide. I have two questions,
1. Do you guys taper your laminations on recurves? I have built a lot of longbows but only one recurve and I used parallel Lams only.
2. I feel like trying to put in tip wedges will be tough one fairly tight recurve tip. Could I get away with gluing a overlay on the belly with a string grooves in it kinda like a mild grumley style? Or will they pop off?
Thanks

[Mad Max]

I made several static recurves
make your static recurve 2-1/2" radius (that in itself will make it static), NO wedge needed. it will bend just a little, like 3/16"with a underlay on it just for the string groove. As long as you sand and use smooth-on, it wont pop off.
Back of the bow on the form, or it wont bend into the form radius


Use a .002 stack taper and the standard recurve limb width taper (1-3/4" wide), just narrow the width lines in 1/8" for a 1-1/2" bow, and use Stabil-Kore next to the belly glass.
That will fix you up

56"


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58"

[Lee Lobbestael]

Great thanks for the in depth response! I already made my form unfortunately and my curves are much bigger than two and a half inches! 

[Lee Lobbestael]

Also if you are using stabilcore, do you adjust your stack to account for it?

[Mad Max]

what is the radius?
You can put wedges on the belly, and if it's bending put one one the back too

Yes on stable-kore

[Lee Lobbestael]

The radiuses were 8 inches but I just overhauled the form and now they are more like 4.5-5". Should that be tight enough? They look pretty tight

[Mad Max]

4.5-5 going to bend.
To be a stacit recurve it need to be smaller, my 2 cents

[Lee Lobbestael]

Hmm ok I like the look of the curves now so maybe I'll do what you suggested and put overlays on belly and even the back of needed