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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DC on June 07, 2019, 12:05:04 pm

Title: Tips
Post by: DC on June 07, 2019, 12:05:04 pm

If you are shaping a bow and you find yourself with a tip that looks like this from the end do you reshape the tip without touching the back and end up with it looking twisted or do you reshape the back so the tip sits up on top of the bow?

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: simson on June 07, 2019, 12:32:59 pm

What's about making it asymmetric?
Something like here: http://primitive-bows.com/osage-working-recurve-4828-no-43/

When not using overlays you can consider making a one side sidenock

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: George Tsoukalas on June 07, 2019, 12:52:19 pm

Remove a little wood from the right corner to even it off. Jawge

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Woodely on June 07, 2019, 01:17:55 pm

:)  so what did you do in the past. ?  keep on doing what ya did previously I guess.. " Remove a little wood from the right corner to even it off"

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: DC on June 07, 2019, 02:01:37 pm

Quote from: Woodely on June 07, 2019, 01:17:55 pm

:)  so what did you do in the past. ? 

You know, I'm not sure. I think I avoided it by moving the tip over earlier in the build. None of my bows have asymmetric tips so I did something. I'm not sure I like asymmetric(sorry Simon :D) This question was more to find out what others did. I think this only came up because I working with a Ninebark sapling and the narrow tip and large off centre pith kind of dictated where the tip should go. Maybe I'll go sorta asymmetric on this one. :D

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Marc St Louis on June 07, 2019, 03:20:34 pm

It would kind of depend.  If it's a straight limb bow then I wouldn't touch the back, just even out the belly and never mind if it looks twisted, but if it's a recurve where it would affect how the string tracks on the belly then I might work the back a bit as well as the belly side

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: bjrogg on June 07, 2019, 07:53:17 pm

Quote from: Marc St Louis on June 07, 2019, 03:20:34 pm

It would kind of depend.  If it's a straight limb bow then I wouldn't touch the back, just even out the belly and never mind if it looks twisted, but if it's a recurve where it would affect how the string tracks on the belly then I might work the back a bit as well as the belly side

That's exactly what I was thinking.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: bradsmith2010 on June 08, 2019, 11:10:38 am

sometimes I just narrow the tip a bit and round the corners some,, and it looks better

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: DC on June 08, 2019, 11:19:08 am

Well I made it sort of symmetrical. Then I braced it and the string alignment was way off and I had to steam the limb to correct that. While I was at it I gave the limb a bit of a twist and now the tip can be be normal. ;D Karma

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Eric Krewson on June 08, 2019, 03:59:28 pm

I heat the limb, put it tip in my vise and give it a little tweak.

Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Selfbowman on June 09, 2019, 05:26:28 am

Eric's reply first and if I am understanding Mark correctly. I do his  recommendations next. Arvin