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Radius of the top bows for a 1915 Touring
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:16 pm
by Terrye
Dose anyone know what the radius is for the top bows for a 1915 Touring.
Re: Radius of the top bows for a 1915 Touring
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:57 pm
by CudaMan
Re: Radius of the top bows for a 1915 Touring
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:13 pm
by Allan
Terry, in my experience most top bows have a radius of 7-8" on the corners, regardless of make of car. Only very large cars were of greater radius. My motor trimmer filled me in on this detail when I made the jig for laminating bows. The radius in the jig is fixed at 7", and the jig is adjustable for width. I did once have to match a bow at 7.5" radius, and did so by packing out the corners with a couple of laminated fillers, before starting on that one bow.
Hope this helps.
Allan from down under.
Re: Radius of the top bows for a 1915 Touring
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:38 pm
by Terrye
Thank you
I couldn’t find anything about the radius. I had some made and looks a little bigger than what I’m taking off. But there only 108 year's old. The new ones are 6 1/2 inside 7 1/2 outside.