Looking great. May I ask what taper rate you used? Bue--.

Boy Kenny you have started something here.  Looking good.  Full length lams, tapered and everything, even the superlam full length.  WOW!      

Bue, it has .003 total but the .001 has a builtin powerlam and tip wedge.

David, the other bows I've built didn't have the big swoopy deflex in riser, and also the belly lams were all stopped before the center. So short pieces worked well!

I was afraid the CA joint in 2 pc lams would give out under the riser during glue up. That isn't a mess I wanted to deal with. Then I thought heck may as well make the belly lams one pc too!

By the way David - thanks for all your help on this thing!!    

I like the look of that one Kenny.  Looking forward to seeing that full draw!

Heck Kenny, your shop looks spotless compared to mine. Mine looks like 3rivers dumpster threw up in it!    

Me too Brad!! LOL

Randy, I've been emptying that red mechanics box of bow stuff ,gonna move it out in back where the mechanickin takes place. Then some good cabinets as I have time. I have stuff I shoulda thrown out years ago  but still haven't....

Maybe someday it will be as nice as Roy's..... Nah, probably not!  

Looking good Kenny you are way ahead of me ,still in the drawing stages...thanks for the help and BTW chad don't use enough glue so cross your fingers            

Kenny, hope I am not too curious, but I am always interested in how things are made, even if I don't plan on building it myself. Would you explain in more detail what you mean when you say the .001 has a built in powerlam and tip wedge. Is it a compound taper where the thin ends of the full lenght lam gets gradually thicker towards the tip end?
The late Jack Howard used to do something like that in his recurve bows. Bue--.

that looks great Bud cant wait to see the finished bow

Very cool. I am wanting to build a 62" like the Bingham Hybrid. Looking forward to the rest of the build.

QuoteOriginally posted by soy:
Looking good Kenny you are way ahead of me ,still in the drawing stages...thanks for the help and BTW chad don't use enough glue so cross your fingers                  

CRAP!!    Glad I went with black glass!

Bue, exactly.  It is a .001 taper with a 12" wedge built on each end at about .009" per inch.

Then I paralleled the ends for 8" because it looked too thick on the ends.

Archer Dave, here are some free plans that make a decent bow....  :D  

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=011684

Dang it! I took about 20 pics of working on this bow, loaded on computer and deleted the card.

Well, they are somewhere in cyberspace.

The bow came in quite heavy at 65@ 28" ! Wow!!

Stack was .365 probably shoulda been about .340! LOL

I'm not sure I like the braced profile but full draw don't look too bad. Not the look I'm used to but will draw to an obscene long draw.

Didn't square up with string til 33.5" LOL

Has enuff preload that it will be really quiet, shot a couple arrows off it with no shelf cut, really quiet in shop!

Hmmm, just happened to think, guess that skinny little riser must be stout nuff, no idea what it is drawing for weight at 33.5"    

didn't happen without pictures !    Beat you to it Roy!

Bob, it's WIF out... Get er right.. LOL

65@28 is perfect! When should I watch the mail?  

Better wait and see her profile, Craig!!

I hear online dating is chancy!! LOL

Got some pics going now??

Got her out of form and cleaned up on my edge sander! LOL... Pic didn't turn, but can't be picky I guess



Glue lines are good!



Laying out length, 31" from centerline for a 62" bow...



Marked center of limbs at nock(31" mark) and at center of bow, stretched hi tech B-50 alignment checking attachment and is real close....



Off barely, so didn't change mark on end of limbs to match center, just marked edge of line to lay out from with arrow...




Measured 5/16 each way from edge of mark in above pic and measured 12" from bow center, strait line fades to nocks...



Laying beside a 58" off original D/R to show differences...

A master at work

Looking good Kenny

Now on the 31" mark from center which I squared across limb before grinding profile, I mark at 45* (make sure nocks are pointed right way  
I leave the line, makes a 3" shorter string work just right after overlays are on. I round the edges on back slightly ,will put overlays on a bit later. Usually go ahead and put em on before this point, but thought I may have to pike it...




Now the part I just ain't sure about. The braced profile . Just not sure I like the look of it, way different look than I'm used to....



28" draw..



String angle at 28" probably not getting all the power out of her, will chrono it when done...



Drew her on the homemade Hooter Shooter til the string squared up...



33.5" draw when she squared up, reckon it will stack shortly there after!! !!    :D