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Offline Johan van Niekerk

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Fitting riser to bowform question
« on: June 05, 2010, 02:10:00 PM »
PLEASE help with some advise here. I'm getting redy to make my first laminated bow and ran into a grey area. As I understand I'm supposed to make sure the riser shape fit the form perfectly, right?

So lets assume thats a perfect fit. If I use lams that taper to the ends surely the fact that I have a layer of bowtuff and then probably two layers of TAPERED lams below the riser when I glue up will now mess up the fit???
Am I right in thinking the taper of the lams will make the ends of the riser (towards the fade outs) fit less well??
Or am I missing something?
How do you experienced guys do it?

Thanks in advance
  Johan

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Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2010, 03:35:00 PM »
Dry run with all lams in place.  Check riser fit with clamps on and tapers under the riser.
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Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2010, 03:44:00 PM »
Yep, what Kenny said.  When you get that first one right, make a pattern for subsequent risers.
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Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2010, 02:13:00 PM »
I use parallels under the riser (back side) and fit my tapers on top (belly side). This doesn't affect the fit.Pup

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