I am working on a design for a R/D bow form and wondering about cutting out the shape. It will be a two piece for with air hose compression. When cutting the two pieces, do they need to have a certain gap cut into them or does line to line work fine with using a air hose. Basically, do you need to cut out the thickness of the bow plus some for the hose?
I have a plotter/cutter and I am going to cut out a template on adhesive vinyl (decal vinyl) so I can peel and stick for a actual size template. I can design the offset in the pattern at whatever offset I need. Just not sure how much is needed if any.
Thanks
Hey Matt,
Take a look at the instrunctions on Kennym's website. I followed his plan on my form and it works great. I sawed it out on a band saw and then followed up by using a router and smoothed up the surface.
David
I have frequented his instructions quite a bit and see he mentions 1.25" offset. Is that standard or anything in that ballpark will work?
For a longbow a 1.25" gap from the top and bottom sections is about right. Remember you will have a riser in there as well.
On a recurve I usually end up with 1", given the lam stack is alot thinner.
Thanks Brad. I need to stop by some time and take a look at yours again.
I have the 1.25" built into mine. Works good for me. Things do get a little tight if your riser is pretty big. Make sure you make yourself some pressure strips for the limbs.