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Eric Krewson:
Yep, just outside your outside layout line where you fade transitions in to the limb.

Burnsie:

--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on March 20, 2025, 10:25:53 am ---
I make a 1/2" mark at the end of the fade and and drop the measurement 1/16" every 6" until I get to 1/4". I hold the 1/4" measurement to the tip of the bow.  I start removing wood to my line but leave the belly rounded, I never go lower than a 1/2" thickness at the tip even though I have a 1/4" mark on the side. I drop the width to as low as 3/8" at the tip but the limb tip is 1/2" thick.


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Does the 1/2" thickness of the limb tips include any tip overlays you might add, or just the original bow wood?

Eric Krewson:
Yes, but just where the overlay sits, I cut my platform for the overlay at a slant back to belly so the overlay will blend with the limb and not be a big bump on the back of the tip. The limb up to the overlay will be 1/2" thick where the overlay starts.

I make my overlays 2 1/4" long so the blend with the limb gracefully.



 

Burnsie:
Excuse the crude sketch.
So I would be looking at a side profile something like this, transitioning from a 1/4" limb thickness back to 1/2" tips - correct"
My example shows a 68" bow - I assume with shorter bows the amount of limb having the 1/4" thickness is less and less?  If the bow is short enough, can you end up not even having a portion of the limb at 1/4", or do you change your "formula"  for tapering from fades to tips.
Sorry for all the questions - this has been quite helpful.

Eric Krewson:
Nope, you use the 1/4" side line but don't cut straight across the limb at 1/4", the limb thickness never drops below 1/2" anywhere on the limb, the belly is rounded at the tip not flat.

Like this;

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