If you think glass does all the work build a bow with Aboo cores. Build another with Yew edge grain cores everything the same except the cores and see witch one performs better.   

So clear glass and 2 veneers and 2 cores is =4+2 glass=6
A unglued stack is not stiff until it is glued.
laminated beams for homes are better.
So 1 more lam is not going to hurt anything.

I know red elm cores are faster than walnut and maple cores.

Quote from: Roy from Pa on November 19, 2019, 04:13:54 PM
I know red elm cores are faster than walnut and maple cores.

Good to know

Dah master from Missouri likes red elm too...

Red elm edge grain is very good core. I have a big slab of it myself. I dont know that it would too much faster than maple. Walnut maybe. The yew is pretty stiff.

I run 4-5 cores on all longbows.  I say this because the veneers are part of the core.  The core is everything between the glass.  2 veneers, 2 tapered lams and sometimes an additional parallel.

I'm sure your plans you refer too mean 5 cores, including any veneers.  Surely you wouldn't have 2 veneers and 5 additional core lams

BTW I have noticed no difference between a bow with few thicker lams and a bow with more thinner ones.  All else being equal.   Nowadays I use more thinner ones as I feel it is more durable.

Thanks for that perspective.

BTW I have noticed no difference between a bow with few thicker lams and a bow with more thinner ones.  All else being equal.   Nowadays I use more thinner ones as I feel it is more durable.
Chad you wont see it with the eye and barely with a chrono  Just sayin.

Holm-made
I'm sure your plans you refer too mean 5 cores, including any veneers.  Surely you wouldn't have 2 veneers and 5 additional core lams

YES------- 5 total with veneers + glass

I'm with stic