Ive made several longbows with no problems. This is my first try at making a recurve and a couple new to me veneer technics. When I pull the blank out of the form this is what I found. It is on the other side also. I know its the glass because the other side I cut the glass in two and I must have flipped one end for end because the same defects are there only on opposite sides of the bow. Its so frustrating I dont know if I even want to finish it. If anyone has any thought please tell!
Kevin
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Heres anoth (http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp221/karnehm13/432362459_1502469522_01.jpg)er!
That is the kind of defect I usually see in glass,a repeating streak.
Shows up more on dark woods,don't know if you can hide it.
It is a heartbreaker,but don't know what to do about it. Have heard guys wetting and laying on a black surface before glue up,but not sure if you can catch it all.
Not to sound like a wise guy, But you can skin it. or dip it. or paint it. or leave it as is. it will still shoot the same.
Chuck
Thanks for the responses guys. I've started shaping the bow just to see if it's a shooter. It looks pretty good! If it is, worst case senerio..... I'll do a give a way or something. But this ones target wieght is 75# Osage cores with an over all lam thickness of .341
Kevin
.341 is likely to make a 120 pounder?? maybe my math is wrong. Are you using 1 1/2 inch glass?
LOL Its looking like its gonna be stout! I didnt do any math. I just went off the long bows I've been making and my personal bow is .303 and it's a 71 lb bow. Well so far this thing is feeling like a beast! And no I'm using 1 3/4 glass but through the grinding process it's down to 1 3/8 but she's still stout!
Kevin