LOL

Ifn you'd hold still it'd be a lot easier!!  

Ya just made the top of the other thumpin list, Boy..  

Thanks Wayne, all sounds good but will wait and see how it pans out

Oh crap!!    

Nothing like making the top of Roy's thumpin list!          

I'm interested in the details as well (about the glass, not Roy's thumpin list. lol).

Hell, even being on Ol' Roy's (aka minus "T") thumping list is an honor...

I'm very interested, too, pending details.

   

 

Let me know what you come up with, this has definitely caught my attention.

hiya all,
i have just got off the phone with the manufacturer/supplier. he is rearing to go- he has sent me samples of 1.5" and 1.75" glass. i will laminate them up to some dark veneers- get some good professional quality pics( mate is a pro photogragher).
and then post them up here- and then we can work out how things are going to go forward from here.

any suggestions as to what i should laminate them to, just to get a good visual of whats there.
maybe i should just glue them up to some solid black glass or something. or maybe satin some uniform wood, a very dark brown, and then glue it up.
any other tests ?
maybe a weight?
possibly a rudimentary stiffness test. he said that, on a 45# recurve he uses .015 less stack, than if he uses gordons - because of the higher glass content in the layup, and subsequent stiffness.

we will just have to wait now for when the samples arrive   :D    tic,toc....

Walnut lams with walnut dye come out very dark.

Yes, it wiuld be nice to lay up a bow exactly as you have before to compare resulting draw weights.

Wayne, i will surely be interested. The last batch of clear glass from binghams I received was no good! No fault of binghams but the manufacturer!

East Indian Rosewood, Macassar Ebony..both are dark. I have some of both if you need some veneer.

I'd be interested in this as well. I'd think veneers that weren't so dark might better reveal issues in the glass. Maybe use some Red Cedar or Red Elm - something that has a contrasty grain of dark and light.

i dont know how much has been sent- if its enough to make a full bow or not- but whatever i get i can laminate up and see!?

Darker shows better, my supplier said to lay it on something black to see the white lines in it.

I covered my bench in black phenolic for that reason....

I thought you might chime in, way to go Mr. Kenny!

Hope you get some clear stuff, sucks to put one together and have streaks. I hope Gordon's get their stuff lined out, they have made good clear before.

Waiting and hoping this pans out. Thanks for your efforts.