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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Bvas on February 25, 2018, 08:27:00 PM
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Bow started out at 62#. Wanting to be in the 50-55# range.
Here’s what I’ve done so far. Trapped the back at about 45 degree angle thru the glass and one lam. The lam is a .002 taper, so the limbs are trapped more at the handle and less at the tips. This dropped about 4#.
I’ve also sanded the glass(.040) enough to get the sheen off, then a few additional passes. This dropped an additional 1#.
I’d like to get another 2-3#. I don’t want to trap the back any further, as the next lam is a different wood and don’t want to expose it on the back.
Suggestions? My current plan is to sand the glass a little more to hopefully drop another 1-2#. Anything else I can do?
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Trap the belly and then round over the sides.
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That's called narrowing, isn't it Roy? :saywhat:
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Not really, Pat. Trap back, trap belly, leaving the original side edge in tact. Say leaving 1/16th or more of center of edge alone. Then just light sandpaper to round up a tad.
I seen the bow he is working on and it's fairly thick. So he has room to do that.
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Whats the tiller like? Youll drop a little more if you need to adjust tiller. Just my first thought
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Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Trap the belly and then round over the sides.
Not much else left to do besides just narrowing the limbs. :confused:
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When a bow is tillered or weight reduced at the factory they sand the glass. Have you ever seen a new factory or custom bow with one limb narrowed to bring the tiller in?
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Success!!!
Trapped just the glass on the belly side. That didn’t seem to drop much weight. So I decided to sand glass. Combined between belly and back, ended up taking .004 off the full length. Got it down to 55#.
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Cool beans ..
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