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Del the cat:
--- Quote from: adb on April 09, 2013, 05:33:44 pm ---I usually lose 3/4" to 1" off each tip when I add overlays and cut the nocks.
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Yeah, that's the advantage of a horn nock that goes right round the tip and adds support and strength, you can almost treat it as an extension on the tip of the bow.
I make sure the groove is actually cut where there is still wood underneath but it can get pretty close to the tip of the wood.
I daresay it would be possible to take it out beyond the wood, but I wouldn't want to try it on a 100# bow!
Del
adb:
Even with glue on horn nocks (which I don't do often), I don't extend the nock groove beyond the wood, especially on warbows.
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: adb on April 09, 2013, 06:37:36 pm ---Even with glue on horn nocks (which I don't do often), I don't extend the nock groove beyond the wood, especially on warbows.
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That's what I said diddle I? *
There's a world of difference between "Not extending beyond the wood" , and throwing away an inch of limb tip!
I'll quit now while I'm behind ;)
Del
*From an old English Joke:-
Man goes into the butcher's shop and says"I'll have a pound of kiddly please"
Butcher says, "Kiddly? Surely you mean Kidney?"
Man says "That's what I said, diddle I?"
::)
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on April 09, 2013, 05:26:55 pm ---Look at my Horn Nock Instructional ob myblog, you can see how close the gooves are to the tip.
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One thing I hate about making the nocks super close to the wood, is that my hitch knot always will dig into the wood right below the knock and make a dent. This every happen to anybody?
adb:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on April 09, 2013, 06:57:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: adb on April 09, 2013, 06:37:36 pm ---Even with glue on horn nocks (which I don't do often), I don't extend the nock groove beyond the wood, especially on warbows.
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That's what I said diddle I? *
There's a world of difference between "Not extending beyond the wood" , and throwing away an inch of limb tip!
I'll quit now while I'm behind ;)
Del
*From an old English Joke:-
Man goes into the butcher's shop and says"I'll have a pound of kiddly please"
Butcher says, "Kiddly? Surely you mean Kidney?"
Man says "That's what I said, diddle I?"
::)
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I don't throw away an inch of limb tip, but I do measure in 1" from the end of the tip overlay to cut my string grooves. What do you do?
Even with horn tips, I still measure back at least 1" into the wood of the limb tip on each end. This means my bows become 2" shorter ntn than when they started. Like I said, what do you do? I don't think extending any tip overlay or horn nock beyond the wood of the tip is good practice. In my books it's too weak, but I've been wrong before.
Even looking at the Mary Rose bows close up, I could see the remnants of the string grooves at least an inch down the limb from the tips.
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