X-mas Break Build along-56" recurve

[4est trekker]

Yeah, buddy!  What a super looking bow!  I love watching the riser take shape and the wood start to show its character!  Awesome work.

[drewsbow]

That is an awesome bow , great work  

[kennym]

Excellent job Brad!!        

I would suppose the taper rate would determine if the staticated tips would work the mid limb more or not.

Too bad you couldn't have done a trace at full draw before and after reinforcing the tips.

[bjansen]

Thank you all.

Dang Kenny I should have traced it.  I never thought about that...that would have told us for sure.

[kennym]

The reason I wondered is on my 64" d/r,the tip wedge made the limb bulge(by lookin at the other test bow) in mid limb,but it has .003 total taper,didn't figure you had that much in a curve...

[Igor]

Exceptional piece of work!

Congratulations on your efforts and perseverance!

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Glenn

[dutchwarbow]

I want it badly  

Nick

[Diamondback59]

hey brad another great one!!!  well got my oil changed  on the road now  almos t to knoxville on  my way home  wanting to stop see pat b  you and dean but dont think ill make it as times runnin out to be at  show in denver  fri    take care  brock p s buddy im waiting to see one them osage bows  lol!

[SoNevada Archer]

Very beautiful work! Good work ...    

[Dmaxshawn]

Nice work Brad it came out well.  Cant wait to see the other one you asked me about.  

Shawn

[VRB]

Nice work,the colors all blend well.Did you notice any improvement in cast or speed by making the tips more static?I have been thinking about trying that on one of my bows,thought it take away from the smoothness in draw by not having the tips open.
Bill

[bjansen]

Thanks Bill.  I did notice an improvement in speed...but making the ends static inceased the weight..so I don't necessarilly have good comparable data. Additionally, I did not run this through the chrono or anything as I was primarily concerned with reducing the shock and vibration at the time to get a good shooting bow.  I think If I were going to design a static recurve, I would include a thin tip wedge in the stack and maybe add one overlays to the belly for looks and to stiffen the curve a bit more.  Maybe I will glue up another on this form and try that one of these days.

[ron w]

Very nice!!!!

[MercilessMing]

Very beautiful bow! Thanks for the useful info,  especially the tips static for solving the  handshoack.  I am more inspired to build my bow now.

[Grizzzly]

Very nice work !!

[Steve Kendrot]

Wow. The ugly duckling turns into a swan! very nice finished bow!

[SteveD]

Beautiful Job

[scottm]

Beautiful  bow!

[Bob Barnes]

so you need 1 3/4" glass and lams for this form?  all of mine is 1 1/2" wide?  I keep looking at it and thinking that I might like making a couple short recurves with this basic bend and static tips...like a sheepeater?  with just a few mods it looks like it would work...?
Bob

[Cody Roiter]

Nice work