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Hill style tri-lam build-a-long!
StanM:
My one experience with ipe would leave me to believe that you will have no trouble making weight. ;) I love Hill style bows, and am looking forward to this one. I read and reread Hill's "Hunting the Hard Way" book and it'll be neat to see you build a bow like he did before using fiberglass. Thanks,
Stan
radius:
guys, what IS a HIll=style bow?
Apex Predator:
Hill style simply means that it is a straight, or nearly straight, longbow of greater length with no deflex. They generally have a narrower, and deeper cross section than a flat bow, and small light-weight riser. That's my definition. I may be off base though.
This piece of boo is has quite a thickness variation between the nodes. I left it a little thicker than normal, but think the ipe can handle it. It measures around 1/8" at the thinnest between nodes.
radius:
Thanks for the def'n, AP. I have a few trilams leaning in the corner waiting to be tillered. They are all r/d shapes, with maple back, maple core, and yew belly wood rising up over the fades. They are damn thick in section, too: about 5/8! Way too much. Broke one the other day. Had it tillered to 50# at 22", but i wasn't seeing any of the usual shape of r/d bows on stringing...I think I made a mistake and made these bows too thick. But if I reduce the backing thickness by 1/2 what it is now, and go seriously narrow on the width overall, I should be okay.
radius:
so, how wide are the limbs on a hill style bow? pretty narrow, i guess? If my limbs are 5/8 thick, and tillered into lenticular shape, i guess they should be an inch wide at the most? I'm shooting for 50 lbs or so...66" bow ntn.
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