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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on July 13, 2022, 05:29:51 pm

Title: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: stuckinthemud on July 13, 2022, 05:29:51 pm

For a flat bow or slightly flipped tips design, what is the absolutely thinnest you would take the tips?  I have split a sliver from a stave, the sliver is plenty enough for a nice bow but as it has run out to nothing, what thickness tip should I cut it back to when I rough it out

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: bradsmith2010 on July 13, 2022, 06:25:57 pm

thin is ok,, just tie on a nock,,

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: mmattockx on July 13, 2022, 07:31:08 pm

Are you talking about width or thickness? Thickness should be determined by the tiller requirements, width can be chosen.


Mark

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: bownarra on July 14, 2022, 04:04:16 am

3/8ths to 7/16ths.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Gordon on July 14, 2022, 02:49:32 pm

3/8" at the nock is as narrow as I go.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Buckskinner on July 14, 2022, 04:38:16 pm

What is the disadvantage to having wider tips?

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Stickhead on July 14, 2022, 05:09:00 pm

Quote from: Buckskinner on July 14, 2022, 04:38:16 pm

What is the disadvantage to having wider tips?

Any mass you can remove from the tips will improve performance.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Selfbowman on July 14, 2022, 09:06:01 pm

1/4” to 3/8” wide on a fifty pound  bow. That’s plenty.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: bassman211 on July 14, 2022, 11:03:29 pm

I have made the 1/4 to 3/8 ,but normally settle for half, and only 1/2 inch long.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: BowEd on July 15, 2022, 08:23:15 am

3/8" wide in the string groove and 1/2" deep is what I usually always do.Never had one break.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Eric Krewson on July 15, 2022, 09:26:28 am

I make them the same as Bowed, the thing to remember is wood is 7 times stronger in depth than width, making them slightly thicker more than compensates reduced width.

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 15, 2022, 10:18:45 am

1/2" wide at the base of the nock. Jawge

Title: Re: How thin would you carve tips?
Post by: Pat B on July 15, 2022, 10:34:22 am

This is a hickory selfbow that was  given to me many years ago. It is 68" long, 1 1/2" at the fades with a straight taper to 1/4" wide nocks(at the string groove), 3/8" deep(thick). It pulls 45#@28".
(https://i.imgur.com/zfpg8fw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/08pvxdC.jpg)

I don't know why these pics came out so small.