Whats the best way to flip the tips? Im thinkin dry heat on core and belly lams and let the bamboo conform to them during glue up. Its gonna be r/d profile, but i wanna add a little extra flip cause i like the feel with reduced string angle at full draw... Less stacking.
You got it...
Thanks roy. thats how you do it i take it?
Exactly...
What core did you choose Eric?...maple?
Don't tell him, Eric.. :)
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cool!
Good luck!
I love osage.
FWIW I don't do any heat bending before glue up and I can easily turn a tri-lam into a recurve.
I think the reason is that I'm using a solid form that I clamp the lams down onto as opposed to the centerpost, midlimb post, and tip post setup ... Just a thought.
I do like the 5 post setup though and I actually have a setup like that that mounts to the flat side of my form too if I wanna free-ball it a bit more.
i thought about that too, but i already have the 5 post setup
Dean Torges' DVD, "Stalking the Bamboo Backed Bow" show how he does it with the 5 post form he uses.
I really need to get some of Torges' books / DVDs
Yes Ben a caul would be the same as me flipping the tips prior to glue up. Dean's form for a recurve is 5 posts, but more like a caul on the limb tips.
I see. That makes sense.