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jp gray
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pics of tips of your bows
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August 31, 2010, 04:12:16 pm »
could anyone or everyone post pictures of the limb tips of your self bows, i have a osage self bow but the tips look a little big ,maybe just me , i will post mine and see what you think.
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Eric Krewson
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August 31, 2010, 05:24:32 pm »
If your tips are wider than 1/2" they are too big. You have seen my skinny tips, always between 3/8" and 1/2" wide at the string nock.
About like this.
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jp gray
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August 31, 2010, 06:23:12 pm »
yep thats hat i thought, i need to sand them down some more and make em a little more pointy..
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Pat B
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Re: pics of tips of your bows
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August 31, 2010, 07:14:35 pm »
Everything beyond the string groove is not needed and will add physical weight to the tips so you can thin and narrow the actual tips quite a bit.
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Hillbilly
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August 31, 2010, 09:12:06 pm »
I make most of mine pretty skinny.
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Jesse
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September 01, 2010, 01:32:23 am »
I like this one I made but the next will be more pointy
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medicinewheel
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Re: pics of tips of your bows
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September 01, 2010, 04:49:51 am »
As Eric says 1/2" is too much, would be good enough for 80#.
Some of mine, all of them VERY narrow:
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jp gray
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September 03, 2010, 01:15:23 pm »
thanks for the pics ,my tips dont have any overlays,do i need to cut a groove on back of the bow for the string ,
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September 03, 2010, 01:28:15 pm »
Never cut a groove in the bow back unless you have overlays on-it's violating the grain and creating a weak spot. That is one of the main reasons for using tip overlays-to allow you to make the tips narrower than you could without that back groove to hold the string.
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Thwackaddict
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September 07, 2010, 11:01:07 am »
JP mine are 3/16 wide and 1/4 long,my bow is 60# and shoots great,no shock!
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