OK, where were we???
I'm gonna start up with the twin sister where we left off with John's bow!
Here is how I determine how far the tip overlays fo from the nocks. Remember that first nock line 30" from centerline?
My little combo square blade is just right from that line to get my overlay to look right(to me)
The right side of the blade is the original nock line(I always file to inside of line,so I can keep track of where I am)The left side is the end of o-lay
You can see the end of the o-lay by where the tape is. If you follow the angle of the groove you can kinda guess where the groove will cut over the limb...
This is what my roughed in grooves look like from the belly(but you need to go by Marty's)
Rough the glass and overlay material up good with 36 to 60 grit,what you have handy. Go right up to the tape...
Here we clamp the 1st tip pc. on,1/16" thick phenolic(I use thin so I don't have to grind it to fit the limb curve)Be sure toget a clamp in the middle to prevent any gap.
I'm using thick CA on these,but smoothon is probably a little better choice. I've never had a CA mounted overlay come off,but can be a pain to feather out where they hit the glass!
While the ends dry,I put a center o-lay on using spring clamps and a plastic wrapped cutout from the riser. Also 2 big spring clamps and a pressure strip. Using a pc of white and then a pc of black .050 glass(roughed on both sides for adhesion)....
Back to the ends,I put the 2nd pc of phenolic on,black this time...
Topic: Rainy day buildalong PICS 1 done! (Read 3661 times)
