Narrowing limb tips

[Marc St Louis]

Only after I have finished tillering.  I've had 1 or 2 bows break  and would rather not waste the time just in case.  I also use both heat and narrowing of the tips, when needed, for string alignment issues.

[Aaron H]

I fully intend on everything I build staying together, so doing work like this right off the bat doesn't bother me a bit.

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[Fred Arnold]

Del, I couldn't find the bow you did the tips on. Do you use a V splice with urac or equivalent?

[Del the cat]

Del, I couldn't find the bow you did the tips on. Do you use a V splice with urac or equivalent?

It was the Monkey Bow! It originally was going to have levers, but one smashed off. I narrowed the tips and added a few inches of Ash with a Laburnum overlay. I can't remember what glue I used (prob just epoxy) but it was a simple long thin V splice, there's not much leverage at the tips on such a short addition. Just those couple of extra inches gave a decent draw.
Here's one of the posts (if you go back a bit you'll see the earlier failure)
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/monkey-bow-lives.html
It was just an experiment with the bad half of an Elder log.
Del