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Title: glass joint on back?
Post by: fujimo on December 04, 2013, 02:35:00 PM
i have some 36"brown glass i want to use, is it ok to join it(scarfe joint) in the handle area of a 50# bow, and then an overlay.
or is one piece the only way to go- as it is brown, i really want to use it on the back- and not the belly
thanks
wayne
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: kennym on December 04, 2013, 02:50:00 PM
The 48  lb recurve I built last spring has the back glass ground out for 3or4" with no probs. it does have a phenolic   I- beam, so you might overlay with a chunk of glass . A bunch of the older bows have no glass thru handle in the back
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: fujimo on December 04, 2013, 03:21:00 PM
excellent, thanks kenny- just didnt want to waste the two short pieces of glass that i had here.

you working on a recurve form too??
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: bamboo on December 04, 2013, 07:29:00 PM
scarf will work too-----
some guys build one limb at a time on half a form
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: kennym on December 04, 2013, 07:31:00 PM
Built one curve off it, worked out good, but at 1.5" wide, you gotta tiller carefuller than usual...  :D
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: Crooked Stic on December 04, 2013, 08:09:00 PM
Carefuller---------Is that a word?  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: fujimo on December 04, 2013, 08:23:00 PM
so when we gonna see that bow- so we can build it too!   :pray:  
have you got a link to it?
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: kennym on December 04, 2013, 09:00:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Crooked Stic:
Carefuller---------Is that a word?   :biglaugh:  
It is one of many I used tillering that one!! LOL

I haven't decided on whether or not I like it Wayne...
Title: Re: glass joint on back?
Post by: LittleBen on December 04, 2013, 09:56:00 PM
No one's gonna call you a sissy if you go 1.75" wide ... or go 2" wide ... really 70's like.