rounded edges

[Jesse]

I round the edges but not as much as some Ive seen. Im a bit confused on this subject. I talked to a profesional bowyer that told me rounding the belly causes a lot of set and slow arrow speed because it puts all the strain down the center on a small portion of wood instead of evenly across the limb. But the ELB bows work fine with a rounded belly   I round off the corners just so they are not sharp looking and have had really good luck so far.

[Keenan]

  Round em up,,,   Rollin,,, Rolin,,,, Rollin  Ye ha!!!

[stiknstring]

YOu guys are making miss Belushi and Akroyd....Blues Brothers!

[wakosama]

If you're using rawhide of fabric backing... do you round?  Before or after backing...? 

Thanks...

LUK

[DanaM]

wakosama when I linen back a bow I round the edges after. I use a new razor blade knife and cut the edge off at a 45, then use fine sandpaper to round the edge.
Sometimes the linen will fray some so I just use a little glue on the exposed fibers and lightly resand.

[troutbum76]

wakosama when I linen back a bow I round the edges after. I use a new razor blade knife and cut the edge off at a 45, then use fine sandpaper to round the edge.
Sometimes the linen will fray some so I just use a little glue on the exposed fibers and lightly resand.

i does this apply to board bows also

[DanaM]

Actually the only time I've used linen is on boards Guess I should have specified that eh

[wakosama]

Thanks... that sounds like just smoothing over the edge, not noticably radiusing it like I think people mean with total wood bows.  So I'll keep the back edges square and fabric it and then just round over a little. 

I guess I was wondering if people seriously radiused the edges and wrapped the fabric around the edge down onto the sides of the limbs.

LUK

[Badbill]

I don't remember were I read it, but somewhere it says to round them to avoid splintering. So, I round them too.

[ballista]

mhm- Im not sure if you'd round a crown if it was backed, but most of my longbows arent backed- and are kinda trapezoided in cross section. -jimmy

[George Tsoukalas]

To achieve true old timer status you must know what actor played Rowdy Yates. You can't look it up and you can't do an internet search because if you do you're only a computer geek. Jawge

[wakosama]

I don't remember him ever shootin' a  bow though.  Hmmm... maybe in Bronco Billy?

[Justin Snyder]

Yes, on wood and bamboo backed bows also.

George, I'm not an old timer but I sure like to watch the old movies, so I do know who it was.  Justin

[Coo-wah-chobee]

 "Make my Day !" ....bob

[John K]

"are you feeling lucky punk" I'm not old just guessing   

JohnK