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Offline RT

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Re: Boo/Ipe Recurve
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2016, 08:27:26 am »
Nice bow David, did u have to put in some shim to keep the recurve at the tips?

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Offline dragonman

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Re: Boo/Ipe Recurve
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2016, 10:54:07 am »
thanks everyone for the kind comments and for looking

Robin...yes those are shims to make the recurves possible.....you should post some of your bamboo bows..!!!

Dave


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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Boo/Ipe Recurve
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2016, 10:56:22 am »
Awesome! Great lines and spot on tiller.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Boo/Ipe Recurve
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2016, 11:37:38 am »
Very nice
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: Boo/Ipe Recurve
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2016, 02:13:44 pm »
That's a piece of rock maple. He did a kerf splice on the recurve.  Nice job! Cheers- Brendan
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 That's something I've always had trouble making work, only once did I really pull it off that I remember.  My cuts are just too rough.
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