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Title: Fitting riser to bowform question
Post by: Johan van Niekerk on June 05, 2010, 02:10:00 PM
PLEASE help with some advise here. I'm getting redy to make my first laminated bow and ran into a grey area. As I understand I'm supposed to make sure the riser shape fit the form perfectly, right?

So lets assume thats a perfect fit. If I use lams that taper to the ends surely the fact that I have a layer of bowtuff and then probably two layers of TAPERED lams below the riser when I glue up will now mess up the fit???
Am I right in thinking the taper of the lams will make the ends of the riser (towards the fade outs) fit less well??
Or am I missing something?
How do you experienced guys do it?

Thanks in advance
 Johan
Title: Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
Post by: kennym on June 05, 2010, 03:35:00 PM
Dry run with all lams in place.  Check riser fit with clamps on and tapers under the riser.
Title: Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
Post by: Apex Predator on June 05, 2010, 03:44:00 PM
Yep, what Kenny said.  When you get that first one right, make a pattern for subsequent risers.
Title: Re: Fitting riser to bowform question
Post by: yamapup on June 08, 2010, 02:13:00 PM
I use parallels under the riser (back side) and fit my tapers on top (belly side). This doesn't affect the fit.Pup