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Title: tip wedges?
Post by: eflanders on February 03, 2011, 11:23:00 PM

What constructive purpose do tip wedges serve?  Pardon my ignorance please but I thought that you want to keep your tips as lightweight as possible...

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: Trux Turning on February 03, 2011, 11:41:00 PM

They stiffen the tips- generally used when you have a lot of tapers in a limb-otherwise your limbs will be whip ended.

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: bamboo on February 04, 2011, 10:28:00 AM

the wedge does not have to thick or heavy to work

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: eflanders on February 04, 2011, 05:09:00 PM

Trux Turning: When you say "a lot of tapers", do you mean a lot of thin lamininations (2 lams vs. 4 lams) or are you referring to the amount each of the laminations taper in thickness per inch (.003" vs. .001")? Or a combination of both?

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: Trux Turning on February 04, 2011, 06:49:00 PM

.003 or .004 -not the amount of lams. The tip wedge I put into my longbow  is 4" long, .030 to zero in thickness so there isn't a lot of mass added to the tips but it does stiffen them up enough.

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: Dave Bowers on February 04, 2011, 07:27:00 PM

Not to high jack, but could someone post a pic of limb wedges.

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: PV on February 04, 2011, 09:27:00 PM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Shortbldtr/IMG_0997.jpg)
The dark lamination between the lighter lams is a tip wedge.

Title: Re: tip wedges?
Post by: eflanders on February 05, 2011, 09:47:00 AM

Thanks Trux!