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#1 ·
I just started building ILF recurve limbs..here is my first set on a 15" tt Black Onyx riser .
 
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they shoot very well, I went to the FL state Traditional Championship this past week end. at least 6 people shot the limbs on my riser I got good positive feedback with 2 placing oreders for limbs. . I am going to build 8 sets of limbs between 35 and 50#s in the next couple of weeks.
 
#6 ·
nice work
 
#7 ·
Very Very nice looking limbs. Widow
 
#8 ·
Looks real nice but that's an awfully delicate looking tip. The only bow I can think of that has a tip that narrow is an old Root Targetmaster I have. Actually I have two of them. Only diffrerence is the Root tips are about half that long. I like delicate tips though and I suspect that seen from closer up, they wouldn't look quite as tiny as they do in the above pic. Is there a phenolic or glass veneer under the overlay that is actually the base of the string groove? That's kinda the standard for tiny tips. That phenolic is pretty tough stuff.
 
#9 ·
For the tip overlays I used 030 red fiberglass, 1/16" black phenolic, 030 red fiberglass and a 020 wood veneer on top..when shaping tips and cutting string grooves I file thru the wood veneer and top layer of red glass. The tips are plenty strong and I only use modern fast flite strings.
 
#10 ·
Sweet! Slim, trim and fast flight compatible
 
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