66 tip to tip, Osage belly slat, Wild Cherry core lam, backed with Boo. Shooting for 45 pounds at 27.5" draw, that's plenty for my old A$$. 1 1/4 wide at flares tapered to 1/2 at tips, 1/4 thick Osage belly slat, Wild Cherry core lam is 3/16th tapered to 3/32nd at tips. Glued her up tonight.

 

Flipped the tips back to 7 inches on the belly slat and core lam.. It's 28 inches from flares to tips, placed the mid limb posts at 16 inches from the tips. That is a tad more deflex than I normally do. I just love how well and easy  these tri lams bend in the form, they take on such a nice sexy profile. Almost like a Kenny M  glass bow, LMAO:) Padded the back and belly at glue up to protect the boo and Osage belly from clamp damage.


 

 

 

 

In your own words... I guess its ok ;-)

Keep up the good work Roy! After I tie into the stave Dan sent me I want to try a few of your kind of bows. Post lots of pictures ...

i opened this thread with specific intent.... Justin beat me to it.  :rolleyes:

sweet..the master at work

Roy,
When you flip your tips on a tri-lam do you do it with all of your stack together or do you bend each separate?

In the 3rd picture from the bottom you have your bamboo clamped to your table. What are you doing to it?

By the way throw some wood chips on the floor, you cant loose anything in that shop. LOL

Hi!
What glue are we speaking about? I've just started to make laminate bows and I thought two components epoxy needs a high temperature to cure properly(about 180 degrees).

Roy, I like the looks of that better. You can still go quite a bit farther with the bending in those tri-lams if you'd like.

Why did you prebend the ends of the limbs?

I flipped the Osage and the Cherry lam together, I kept them separated with a little block of wood while heating them, then clamped them down together. Jeff, I flip the tips prior to glue up to give the bow a slight recurve look at the tips. I'm fine with how far I bent it in the form. I used Unibond800 glue. I was just making sure everything lined up good in the one picture of it laying flat, all three lams were together there. There are a few chips and Osage dust on the floor:)

Ha! I know your game now! You just post the same pictures every few months and say you "started" a new bow!!!


j/k that should look ok I guess :)I've always liked the look of cherry in a bow.

ok you done yet old man...we all want to see  

Ok dude, I was just wondering cuz you can put practically any amount of recurve into a tri lam without heat... except maybe a sharply angled static.

Looking good, I'll PM you my address ...

In all seriousness though I like the cherry core. Looks like a nice combination. Should shoot fast.

It won't come out of the clamps till tonight, I like to give them 24 hours. Ralph, I plan on using the other piece of wood you gave me for the riser, not the east Indian rose wood, the other one, but I can never remember the name:)

Pau Rosa

Thanks Roy

Took her out of the clamps tonight. Must say I am impressed with this glue up. I know I could get more d/r, mainly more reflex, but I like to stay on the mild side. Sorry about the picture quality, these are all from my cell phone.

Nice Roy!!!

Roy, you're bout this...... far from goin glass on us!!        

Lookin good buddy!

Was a good night:)

 

Kenny, if I ever had the chance, I would play with glass bottles in your shop... Instead of cans.. LMAO..