I'm building a youth take down recurve for a coworkers son in trade for a custom knife. I ordered my supplies from Binghams and the specs I'm going for is 48" AMO, 25 lbs@ 22-24".
HERE WE GO!!!! First we have to build a form to press the limbs on. One thing I've learned from others before me is build the form correctly and it will make building a good bow easier. What I mean by building a good form is, use good quality wood, make the curves and lines as smooth as possible, and the bottom of the form needs to be right on 90 degrees and no twists. The limbs on this little bow will be 1 1/2" wide so that is how wide the form needs to be. I started by using cabinet grade ash plywood, lots of titebond II and screws, cut two pieces to size, glued and screwed them together to get the thickness.
Next I did a rough layout of the pattern then split the form with a rough cut down the middle of where the limbs will be.
Then I sanded the top of the form to shape.
HERE WE GO!!!! First we have to build a form to press the limbs on. One thing I've learned from others before me is build the form correctly and it will make building a good bow easier. What I mean by building a good form is, use good quality wood, make the curves and lines as smooth as possible, and the bottom of the form needs to be right on 90 degrees and no twists. The limbs on this little bow will be 1 1/2" wide so that is how wide the form needs to be. I started by using cabinet grade ash plywood, lots of titebond II and screws, cut two pieces to size, glued and screwed them together to get the thickness.
Next I did a rough layout of the pattern then split the form with a rough cut down the middle of where the limbs will be.
Then I sanded the top of the form to shape.
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