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Title: Hill style bow
Post by: stabow on December 05, 2008, 11:23:00 AM
Hear are a few pictures of a Hill style bow that I recently put together the first couple of pics are at Captain Dicks garage, was using his form, the oven is mine......stabow

 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/layup1.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/layup2.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/boydbow3.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/boydbow1.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/IMG_0503.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/IMG_0502.jpg)
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/stabow/Bow%20making/hillstylebow001.jpg)
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: kennym on December 05, 2008, 12:09:00 PM
Lookin good!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  

Did you slide the taper towards center to make the limbs work according to center of bow?
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: stabow on December 05, 2008, 12:41:00 PM
Kenny
When I laid it up I placed the center of the riser 1’’ below the center of the lams plus sliding the taper some gave me a stronger bottom limb when I cut the shelf it was 1.25’’ above the center of the riser. After cutting to profile the tiller was just about perfect.....stabow
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: SoNevada Archer on December 05, 2008, 01:44:00 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: The Gopher on December 05, 2008, 09:53:00 PM
that looks really good and i was planning on a hill style bow myself. My vision looks a lot like your bow, i was also planning on a takedown. i have only made one other laminated bow. would you mind detailing the lams used, glass thickness, etc.? thanks, Dan.
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: stabow on December 05, 2008, 10:12:00 PM
Dan
The glass 0.40
3 parallels 0.60
1 taper can’t remember but think it was 0.90
Riser was 15.5’’ long
Bow is 66’’ 45# @ 28’’
Hope that helps.......stabow
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: The Gopher on December 06, 2008, 01:06:00 PM
thanks, thats what i was looking for.
From the picture it looks like the parallels are on the back, and the taper is on the belly, is that right? thanks, Dan.
Title: Re: Hill style bow
Post by: stabow on December 07, 2008, 10:46:00 AM
Thats right Dan.....stabow