every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to be building those darn tri lam things- so figured i would give it a go to-
cant be too hard i mean- specially if you look at whozall building them.
so gatherd some materials , i have an old snakey osage self bow, that i had retired -problems in the handle area- figured if i buck off the limbs, a little heat gun work, and saw them into slats- they would be good for the belly lam, some SPF for the core- nice and light- and i got a real good piece of bamboo- just dying to be made into a bow
 

so here my plan.
limbs bucked off by 11.00
limbs straightened by 12h30
limbs split into slats by 2 pm
slats spliced, and core cut and tapered to .002 taper by 4 pm
glued up and on the caul by 6pm.

get it off the form in the morning- 6 am
quick touch up tiller and finish applied  by 9 am
be shooting it tomorrow evening!
should be easy!

well thats my plan anyway
will keep you all posted
gonna get my daughter to paint my nails and see if i can find my other camera in the sock drawer

Bout time ya build ah real bow son...

Haha nice timeline.

i got me gloves and all the paperwork too   :D

should be easy Ben- guys seem to knock them out like popcorn on here- how tough can it be?   :D

Hope that pup don't grab something and mess up your timeline  :rolleyes:

Except for the 20 beer breaks, I think Roy's schedule is about the same.  

Roy who...?
anyway right on schedule- got the sucker all clamped down and in the hotbox!!

That there's funny.

Ah come on, Greg.. LOL

Yeah really Greg, you don't think that Roy is that kind of lightweight do you? He goes through a full case just laying out his z-splices.

Come on guys, let's be real. At Roy's age it's more about the zzzz's and less about the splices'!

       

Not funny fujioboy... Ya gots pictures of this bow build?

gotta find me camera first....

1-800-call-hova...  

I am going to have to side with Roy on this one.



Jack

Only been a day now, doesn't take that long to make a tri lam..  

SPF for a bow core has to be a first!

535gn arrow
 

easy peasy!!!!