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Offline toomanyknots

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Ring violation near nock? Should I chase a ring?
« on: January 02, 2013, 05:49:55 pm »
Well I violated the ring on this bow when I was sanding the tip even to glue on the overlays. The violation is about 1" under where the nock will be. Should I go ahead and chase a ring? The bow will be about 60" and has a non-working handle (for now anyway). Here are some pictures:





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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Ring violation near nock? Should I chase a ring?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2013, 02:15:42 am »
i would think it depends on the wood, also, if your going to have a high weight. I would think you could get away with it if you extend the tip overlays past that, maybe 6 inches for decoration and add a bit of extra reflex in the tips, you will still be able to have small nocks and it will just add some beauty to it.

and by six inches i mean just get it to cover the ring violation by about an inch, also if you are having doubts i would suggest you chase it with a sander or something because it seems like that ring is thin, maybe 10-15 mins a the very max?
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Re: Ring violation near nock? Should I chase a ring?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2013, 06:12:08 am »
I probably would even tho it is in a non bending area and doubt it would matter. :) :) Just can't stand for one to get the best of me. ;) :)
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Offline autologus

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Re: Ring violation near nock? Should I chase a ring?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 01:14:17 pm »
V splice some ERC tips on it.

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Ring violation near nock? Should I chase a ring?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 01:21:07 pm »
IMO it doesn't matter, there is V little leverage there. Say you are pulling 48#, at 1" from the tip that's just 4 foot pounds of torque which isn't much. Coside some ofthe pencil tips you see on here. If in doubt, you can always leave it a tad thicker for the last inch or so.
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