Hey folks, I have a quick question for you about tapering in a laminate bow.
I see where some of the vendors sell the wood and fiberglass laminates 'pre-tapered'. I am planning to order a blueprint from binghams, but in the meantime my curiosity is getting the better of me. Are we talking about tapered on the edges or the belly/back side? In other words, when the laminates get cut out, are they a universal thickness from one end to the other, with the only difference being the height (picture it as it is coming off the bandsaw).
I understand that the bow will narrow as it runs from the fades towards the nocks, but I always assumed that was due to the riser portion adding some thickness.
I hope I'm asking this in a way that makes sense. Thanks!
The taper in laminations is the thickness.
Ok, thanks!
Yep, like a .100 butt thickness taper will measure .028 on the thin end in a .002 per inch taper.
A .100 taper with .001 will measure .064 on the thin end.
Clear as mud? LOL
Haha, just about that clear Kenny.
I'm still trying to convert all those decimals into usable numbers in my head :knothead: I was looking at my recurve and trying to decide if I was really seeing a difference or if my eyes were deceiving me :banghead:
But hey, we all have to learn somewhere :archer:
So when you cut the laminates out, do you have a special guide you use to get the angled cut or do you sand it down to make it match? My guess is a third option that I don't know about (and if I shouldn't be asking, feel free to say so, I don't want to endanger anyone's trade secrets!) :D
Thanks for the help!
I have .0005,.001,.002, sleds to run thru the bandsaw with the lams depending on taper wanted. If you cut parallels and sand to taper,you lose the bookmatch effect.
Ahhh, ok. That makes sense. Thanks man!