Hey guys....  Question....

So what have you found works best gluing up scarfed laminations to end up with good result ?

I have a method of cutting them although love to hear yours as well but my main focus is how to glue up without a multitude of issues. I am also assuming I should use epoxy to glue up

Thanks for any input guys...always appreciated   

Here is how I do the scarfs,I use CA but use more than a drop, and let it stay clamped a few minutes.

It's a few pics down the way...

https://www.kennysarchery.com/bow-build

Very good Kenny

A good rule of thumb... You want your scarf joint 7 to 1... Meaning for every inch you want the joint 7" long...  Longer is always better than shorter...  I make my joint on a disc sander where  I clamp a board on an angle around 7 to 1 and then slide my lam into the sander until I get a feather but square edge...  I clamp the pieces to a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2" piece of aluminum to make sure they are straight... Then I glue up joint and clamp it with titebond 2 wood glue...  Glue sets good enough in 1 hr. to move...

A good rule of thumb... You want your scarf joint 7 to 1

Yep, you gotta have the longer joint, especially if the lam has to bend for a deflex riser...

Nice little building long Kenny. JF

Thanks Jeff!

You're not that far from me Kenny. Maybe I will have to stop in and see you sometime that'd be cool. I've heard a lot about you over the years. All good. JF

Dang Jeff, now ya gonna have Roy all stirred up!  Come on down!

Lmao. I'm going to have to put that on a to-do list Kenny. JF

Just give a call to make sure I'm here!  Hunting season is coming! 

For sure I'll definitely let you know the day I'm coming down that way. When it's possible. JF

Kennys method. I have a 2x4 with a rabbit that gives me a ledge to keep them straight while clamped and CA. And it they are thick I have a short sled with a hump that thins it to bend better.

Quote from: Crooked Stic on September 02, 2021, 08:42:13 PM
Kennys method. I have a 2x4 with a rabbit that gives me a ledge to keep them straight while clamped and CA. And it they are thick I have a short sled with a hump that thins it to bend better.

Is this English 

Quote from: Mad Max on September 02, 2021, 09:00:57 PM

Quote from: Crooked Stic on September 02, 2021, 08:42:13 PM
Kennys method. I have a 2x4 with a rabbit that gives me a ledge to keep them straight while clamped and CA. And it they are thick I have a short sled with a hump that thins it to bend better.

Is this English 

Sure, you just have to read it like it was texted by big fingers on a little touch screen.
So it sounds like Stic has a chunk of wood with an open channel to register the lams against when he is glueing with super glue. And he also has a sled he uses to thin down fat lams before he grinds the scarf.

Quote from: Crooked Stic on September 02, 2021, 08:42:13 PM
Kennys method. I have a 2x4 with a rabbit that gives me a ledge to keep them straight while clamped and CA. And it they are thick I have a short sled with a hump that thins it to bend better.

Ok but what's the rabbits name?

 

Rabbit's name is Earl, and he carries a BIG knife!

 

I was thinking the rabbit's name is Babel, but it was hard to decipher