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Offline Rain Bows

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Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« on: October 07, 2016, 05:00:11 pm »
When he refers to the Belly taper, going from 3/4" to 1/2" thick at the tips, I'm confused. Thought the limb should be of uniform thickness?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2016, 06:06:28 pm »
I don't have Mickey's buildalong but only in a pyramid bow is the thickness uniform. There probably is a belly taper. Jawge
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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2016, 06:23:17 pm »
That's correct the ferret's bow build is an afb with parallel limbs to i thing a ft from the tips and then tapering to1/2" tips so there is a thickness taper. This bow will have an elliptical tiller when properly tillered. I built several bows with this design when i started
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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2016, 07:11:23 pm »
R B  can you post the link to that build ?
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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2016, 07:59:09 pm »
That is not for a pyramid bow.

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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2016, 08:16:57 pm »
We have a Ferret's Build Along stickied at the top of the "How Too" page.
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Re: Ferretts Board Bow instructions
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2016, 10:43:13 pm »
That's correct the ferret's bow build is an afb with parallel limbs to i thing a ft from the tips and then tapering to1/2" tips so there is a thickness taper. This bow will have an elliptical tiller when properly tillered. I built several bows with this design when i started

I still build bows for hunting like this, very reliable and bullet proof.
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