Good deal Troy. If you want to really make some sales just come up with some "clear" clear glass, that would really be a hot item right now.

3.5x22x1.75

Carpdaddy,

Right now glass is furtherest thing from my mind.

With all the problems in getting clear glass I don't want to spend that much $$$ and end up with a bunch of junk.

On the backing, could you(Troy) grind a skive joint and the customer glue the pieces back together? That's what I do with 36" tapers in a glass bow if needed.

I think I know what your talking about when you say skive joint. It's an angled scarf joint.

If so, not sure I could do that but a super long scarf joint might work. Say 3".

Let me play around with it.

Everybody want's a different size.
riser, over/under lays.
Don't know the answer to that one.

At first I had thought about buying material and offering a one size fit's all block. i.e. 2"x4"x22" or something along those lines.

After picking up material and studying it for a few days now I can see that would be about as bad as fishing without bait.

I'm now in the process of cutting the material into blocks. Since I want to prevent wasting anymore material than I can help, the blocks I will be offering will be in a multitude of different sizes.

For some, these different sizes may be a blessing. If your one of those, you may be able to buy a block that could allow you to get two risers from one block.

For others, you may have to figure in a little extra in your accent strips to make everything work.

I buy more according to how the piece looks. I sometimes look long and hard to find a suitable piece. If it has the grain and color I'm looking for, and meets the minimum size I need, I buy it. If I can get 2, 3, or 6 bows out of it, great. I've bought some rather large pieces of exotic wood riser material. When it's bigger than I need, I can conveniently get matching overlays off of it.