Anybody ever made a fiberglass backed IPE board bow? I am thinking of trying.
The 3rd bow i made was a 68" maple/walnut longbow, slighly reflexed and I backed it with a .040 black fiberglass strip. It worked good...but it was only 41 lbs.....I assume the problem with this method is overpowering the belly.....I am actually suprised mine didn;t blow up...Ipe would me a much better candidate than my walnut...good luck
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Bowerpics005.jpg)
I might have to try it. Thanks,
don't know much about board bows or the woods for them, but I collect older bows, and fiberglass backed lemonwood bows were practically a standard beginner bow in the 50's. I've got several of them still hanging on my wall and shoot them regularly. Can't see why the idea wouldn't still work.