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Title: Limb Trapping Questions?
Post by: digicon on February 06, 2009, 10:10:00 PM

Guys I am finishing up my first ever laminated bow.  It is a R/D longbow.  I would like to trap the limbs a little but I have a few questions.

1)  Should I have the bow finish tillered before trapping the limbs or do the tillering after trapping has been done to the limbs?

2)  Is a sanding block and sand paper the best and safest way to do this?

3)  How many pounds typically does trapping the limbs take off a bow?

4)  When tillering the bow (sanding belly side of limbs)  what grit of paper and/or sanding blocks do you use?

Thanks, Mike.

Title: Re: Limb Trapping Questions?
Post by: PV on February 07, 2009, 10:03:00 AM

1) Trapping will change the tiller. How much depends on how aggressively you trap

2) It's a good way to trap

3) 1-? depending on how much material you remove. If your just going for looks and a slight bevel you'll lose 1- 3# usually

4) I only sand the belly face as a last resort but when I do I use 80grit to start with a block and progress out to 220.Takes very little sanding on the belly to change things.
Good luck

Title: Re: Limb Trapping Questions?
Post by: digicon on February 07, 2009, 10:24:00 AM

Thanks PV....I'm going to dive into it today.  Wish me luck.

Mike

Title: Re: Limb Trapping Questions?
Post by: kennym on February 09, 2009, 09:08:00 PM

Hey Mike,how did it go?   tap tap tap