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Offline Catfish42

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How many laminates for 55lb bow n
« on: November 07, 2012, 02:29:14 am »
I am new to all the recurve bows, I am strictly a bow hunter and hunt with my compound. Now I am extremely interested in building myself a recurve, but need some good advice. Need to know, or how to find out the length it needs to be and how many pieces of laminate I need to achieve the desired lb so any help I can get would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Offline bubby

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Re: How many laminates for 55lb bow n
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 02:51:16 am »
you dont need any lams to get a 55# recurve bow, you can do it with a stave or a good board, maybe go thru the forum and see what you want, there are all kinds of variables, Bub
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mikekeswick

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Re: How many laminates for 55lb bow n
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 07:16:32 am »
64 inch to start with. You can make it as complex or as simple as you want. Simple is definately best to begin. To make a good recurve from a stave you need a pretty much perfectly straight stave with no twist etc.

Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: How many laminates for 55lb bow n
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2012, 11:15:18 am »
If this is your first bow, i wouldnt recommend a recurve at all.  Make a simple straight stave bow,  this forum is more about primitive than figuring out lam formula's anyway.  :D 
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