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Offline arachnid

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Kefr Cutting Ipe recurve question
« on: September 20, 2016, 06:29:24 am »
Say I want to make recurve like that guy..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBN6eSwTi00

How do I make the kerf cut and how do I glue the inner lam?

Another thing- He says he's using "carbonised bamboo" for the core. What is carbonised bamboo?

Offline PatM

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Re: Kefr Cutting Ipe recurve question
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2016, 07:07:00 am »
All of these questions can be answered with a search.

Offline bubby

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Re: Kefr Cutting Ipe recurve question
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2016, 09:38:57 am »
://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/
It is much easier to cut thin strips of wood that bends easy than to do kerf cuts
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Offline bubby

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Re: Kefr Cutting Ipe recurve question
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2016, 09:43:10 am »
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,7923.0.html
Search pig thicket bow if the link won't work this time
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
The few the proud the 27🏹