Tip question

[Wolftrail]

Glued up a longbow recently, the last 12" is a little bit on the thin side. I was going to glue in a reverse taper lam to increase the thickness but decided not to. Is it better to glue the lam on the back or the belly..?
The tips are reflexed at 3" length about 68" .

[Crooked Stic]

My opinion would be the belly side if you have to do it. The back being the tension I would think it would want to pop off with constant flexing.

[Pat B]

Have you braced the bow to see if the tips are bending? If not, I wouldn't worry about it, maybe just add tip overlays. Small tips can mean better performance.

[Wolftrail]

"My opinion would be the belly side if you have to do it. The back being the tension I would think it would want to pop off with constant flexing."

::::::Thanx thats what I'll do.  
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"Have you braced the bow to see if the tips are bending?"

::::::Not braced yet.  The outer third is to whimpy.

[Pat B]

If the tips flex at all you will have a hard time getting overlays(or underlays)to stick...at least with wood bows that is. I don't build glass bows.

[Wolftrail]

Originally posted by Pat B:
If the tips flex at all you will have a hard time getting overlays(or underlays)to stick...at least with wood bows that is. I don't build glass bows.

Yep its a wood bow.

[Pat B]

Will you post pics of the bow so we can see the tips?

[Wolftrail]

Agreed maybe another experiment gone bad but that is the way I learn.  I had another bow with sort of the same dilemma but after 500 shots its not falling apart.

Hence I check my bows after every shooting for DE-lamination with a magnifying glass.  Much better than the naked old blind eye.