Hi Ed,
By reducing the profile I meant make the gun thinner reducing the vertical thickness. I'm planning to do the same on my 80 cm gun in the winter when I don't use it.
Right now it is nearly 3.5 cm thick. I plan to take at least 0.5 cm from the down side of the gun in order to improve the lateral movement. In its current shape the lateral movement of the 80 cm gun is the same as the one of my 90 cm gun when it should be significantly better.
As for the tools I also use only two or three different kinds of files and lots of sandpaper. Everything is done by hand. Takes a lot of time but I've never been in a hurry to build a gun
If you are going to use only dyneema wishbones you won’t need to cut through the band hole. However you should consider the fact that not every euro-style shaft can be used with dyneema wishbones. My 6mm O.ME.R shaft simply cannot hold the dyneema as the notches are just too shallow. I just had to use an articulated wishbone.
Cheers!
