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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: jp gray on August 31, 2010, 04:12:16 pm

Title: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: jp gray on August 31, 2010, 04:12:16 pm

could anyone or everyone post pictures of the limb tips of your self bows, i have a osage self bow but the tips look a little big ,maybe just me , i will post mine and see what you think.

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Eric Krewson on August 31, 2010, 05:24:32 pm

If your tips are wider than 1/2" they are too big. You have seen my skinny tips, always between 3/8" and 1/2" wide at the string nock.

About like this.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/killer6burloverlay.jpg)

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: jp gray on August 31, 2010, 06:23:12 pm

yep thats hat i thought, i need to sand them down some more and make em a little more pointy..

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Pat B on August 31, 2010, 07:14:35 pm

Everything beyond the string groove is not needed and will add physical weight to the tips so you can thin and narrow the actual tips quite a bit.

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Hillbilly on August 31, 2010, 09:12:06 pm

I make most of mine pretty skinny.

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Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Jesse on September 01, 2010, 01:32:23 am

I like this one I made but the next will be more pointy   :)(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u169/WIbowyer/DSCN3953.jpg)

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: medicinewheel on September 01, 2010, 04:49:51 am

As Eric says 1/2" is too much, would be good enough for 80#.
Some of mine, all of them VERY narrow:


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Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: jp gray on September 03, 2010, 01:15:23 pm

thanks for the pics ,my tips dont have any overlays,do i need to cut a groove on back of the bow for the string ,

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Hillbilly on September 03, 2010, 01:28:15 pm

Never cut a groove in the bow back unless you have overlays on-it's violating the grain and creating a weak spot. That is one of the main reasons for using tip overlays-to allow you to make the tips narrower than you could without that back groove to hold the string.

Title: Re: pics of tips of your bows
Post by: Thwackaddict on September 07, 2010, 11:01:07 am

JP mine are 3/16 wide and 1/4 long,my bow is 60# and shoots great,no shock!

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