Recurve Bow Limb Laminations
This is a typical lamination sled with sand paper to hold the lamination blank.
Recurve bow limb laminations. Bow tuff is made with woven glass strands and uni glass is made with lineal. All 1 1 2 laminations are 36 long with a 001 per inch taper. Check out the deal on precision ground tapered bow laminations at 3rivers archery supply made by old master crafters. There are 2 basic lamination shapes.
6500 recurve limb lamination kit. Mark the limb tip shape photo 11. The all in one recurve kit comes with everything pictured below. There is two sided carpet tape under the top strip of sandpaper.
I believe that all of the above woods are quality limbwoods and can be used in both longbow and recurve limbs with good success. This photo shows running a lamination sled through the grinder from right to left. I use my own clamping system based on u bolts for the handle section and c clamps for the limb section. Black bo tuff glass and core laminations in hard maple.
Fiberglass is hard on blades so use an old one. To order your all in one kit please do the following. Kit comes 72 long with bo tuff glass on either side of 1 parallel lamination 72 piece or 36 pairs depending on wood type and 1 tapered lamination 36 pairs. Build your own one piece recurve bow.
All in one starter kit part firstrc. Free shipping on all orders over 100 00 10 off all bear bows code. These two types are bow tuff and uni glass. Bear10 includes limited edition bear s bear bows and rambos 10 off all used and new bows excludes bjbc bows.
Rough cut the shape of the bow limbs on the bandsaw. If you plan to make a lot of bows consider buying a carbide blade. 4063 smooth on epoxy 1 pint 402p phenolic overlays. Mark the limb cut off point and the string groove location photo 10.
Laminations and limb woods. Cut the limbs to length on the bandsaw. Recurve limb lamination kit includes bo tuff glass and core laminations in your choice of wood type. But to kill three stones with one bird and prevent me from having to do a separate build along i m going to show you how you can jazz up your limbs a little.
It s a great read and has a couple of ideas for tapering laminations for long flat and recurve bows. Moose bows cut and grind lamination. There is also carpet tape under the lamination holding it to the sled. I think this will help anyone to be successful in bow building and hope these tips are found helpful.