I have built a IPE/Boo with power lam 2 years ago. I had some trouble with the intersection point of the power lam/boo/IPE. Used TBIII Bad glue lines. Filled with CA glue, and sinew wrapped. I glued it all up at once. Had a tough time getting the power lam centered, and wrap the whole mess with inner tubes.
Starting a BBO and this time considering glueing down the power lam first, sanding into the osage for nice smooth transition, then URAC the Boo or hickory on.
He Bigcountry,
Yes this seems to be my frustration to. I've been doing some research and I found a guy that does just that on another site. He does say that you have to be very careful in doing this, as you can mess up the belly lam very quickly. Good luck, I'm interested to see how it turns out.
Pete
Yea, I guess if you start dishing in your belly lam, thats a bad thing. Havent' figured out that yet. Maybe just sanding little more up on the belly lam.
BC, are you getting your powerlams to a feathered edge? If not, I could see where you would have problems at that spot. I use c-clamps and spring clamps with pressure blocks and tb3 and have never had a problem. The one in this bow is 14" long and 1/4" thick in the middle and tapers to a feathered edge. I think your idea would work though if you wanted to do it that way.
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I thought they were feathered nicely. But who knows.
Thanks guys. I will experiement