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AKAPK

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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2009, 01:20:02 pm »
About 3/4" Eh?
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Offline GregB

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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2009, 01:26:55 pm »

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About 3/4" Eh?
If you're asking if 3/4" of belly wood past your nock grooves is enough, I'd guess it ought to be. ;)
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2009, 12:05:47 am »
Mine are usually about 1/2". Never had one fail, yet.

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AKAPK

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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2009, 04:06:55 am »
Still gotta clean this up a bit but this is what it looks like.
ADB That"s a sharp looking Tip. :)

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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2009, 12:39:06 pm »
I am doing some tip overlays and I am having a hard time getting the wood planed flat to get a smooth transition from bow wood to tip overlay.  I also don't own a belt sander and am trying to do this by hand.  I am thinking about just piking my bow and starting over because I keep getting gaps.  It is really frustrating.   >:( >:(   
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2009, 01:08:19 pm »

Josh!
 
1st - Get two absolutly plane pieces of (hard)wood.
2nd - Get the sort of tape to have underneathe the carpet that sticks to both sides.
3rd - Cut the wood as broad as your tape and something like 4-6" long.
4th - Get 40 grid and 100 grid sanding paper, and glue one to each woodblock with the tape.

Now you have half of the perfect tool for flattening the surface, the other half of the tool is your patience!!!

You can flatten the glueside of your overlay material on it, too; just clamp the woodblocks to your vise, and sand the overlay on it!

Have a look at my overlay-build-along:

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,1729.0.html

Hope that helps!
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2009, 01:34:11 pm »
thanks medicinewheel!!!!   gonna try tonight to fix it.   
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2009, 03:57:56 pm »

you're welcome!
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2009, 09:27:06 pm »

To me, anything adding extra unecessary tip mass has got to be bad
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Actually overlays aloud you to make the outher limb much narrower, that means keeping the strenght while getting rid of the weight, therefore a well executed tip with overlay is actually lighter  ;)
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2009, 11:34:48 pm »
well here are mine on the osage bow I am working on.  Thanks a million Medicinewheel for keeping me from piking my bow and just starting over.   You really helped me out man. 



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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2009, 04:33:59 am »
I'm happy I could help! - Looks good, too! Is it antler you used??

SOOOO...when do we get to see the whole bow??  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Slanted tip Overlays
« Reply #26 on: August 09, 2009, 05:43:52 am »
This one chrysaled , no biggy, It made to the trash really fast. thats ok I got the Sinew back maple from the rest of the board and i only lost Five dollars for the backing, back to the major boo back project :)
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