Sleek which part of the limb moves the most? The otter limb right. The otter limb work harder but the maximum compression is at the fades. Yes or no? I think that the combination of both is where it happens. But what do I know this is my third recurve.😁😁😁😁
I was in a hurry when I replied before and I feel it was an inadequate reply. So, I'm gonna give it another try.
Yes the tips move the most, but you knew that The outer limb does not work the hardest, it actually works the least. The maximum compression could be looked at as being at the fades, but in reality, no. You want your compression evenly distributed across all the working limb area, if your fades have more compression forces per its surface area its overstrained, or the rest of the bow isn't strained enough, depending on which way you look at it. So, in short, the answer to the yes, no you ask is, no.
The reason I say recurves move the bending loads closer to the fade is that if you recurve a tillered bow, you will see the inner limb bend more with the mid and outer limb more straight. You will need to remove wood from those areas to bring the bow back into tiller, and that action will simultaneously bring the bow back down to its original weight by the way.
The bow coming back down to its draw weight at the same time the tiller comes around perfectly is what guides me to that perfect amount of mid and outer limb bend when I start with an already made bow. When I hit draw weigh I know I'm done. It also is a proof of what I said where the fade gets stresses pushed to it when you recurve a bow, and when you tiller it back out, you are redirecting those stresses to be evenly distributed again.
Did that clarify anything or help you out?
