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Offline Blaflair2

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Recurving with laminations?
« on: August 04, 2014, 01:18:18 pm »
There was a how to on the subject but I cannot find it. I was wondering how long I should grind the taper to bend the tips over?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2014, 02:07:07 pm »
Try a kerf cut curve if you don't want to make it to finicky bruiser.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2014, 03:41:28 pm »
Well I got another piece of the ipe I got from skarhand. And I have some wind checked osage. And some maple lams. So figured on winging it and trying to make something. I got plans for something in my head. Well see what happens.
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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2014, 03:55:21 pm »
That's how did most bows in the beginning, just get after it and see what happens. Never fall in love with a piece of wood and this hobby is a breeze.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 06:02:25 pm »
Yeah. I figure I might as well experiment. The grain on the ipe isn't great at one end. See what happens. It's all practice. I'll post pics maybe once I get it going. Thanks chris
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2014, 06:18:57 pm »
For simple backed bows I now pre shape the recurve on a caul and add a bit of reflex at glue up.i find it tricky to glue in curves, cuz it not hard to glue them up cockeyed.
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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2014, 06:30:48 pm »
Hard to heat bend ipe bushy. Bruiser if that grain is bad enough, its a waste of time. Even with a good tiller it will probably fret on you.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Recurving with laminations?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2014, 06:50:55 pm »
It's not too too bad. Like like 12" of one limb. Hence why it's gonna be a tri lam. I find it easier to glue up everything in stages. Make sure each stage is good before I waste more wood on it. I'm confident it'll work. Hopefully ;0)
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