Amature r/d build-a-long

[kennym]

Looks lots better!!

[Furtaker]

Got it looking like a bow.Everything down to rough stage.Here's a few pics.

[kennym]

Curly mosam,looks great!

Is she 60"?  Looks great!

[Furtaker]

No Kenny, I left it at 62".The p-lams added more weight than planed.Right now I have it at 55 at 28" and just a little finish sanding to do on the limbs.Looks like I'm getting my stack thickness to poundage figured out though, I think I would have come close to my 60" and mid 50's at 28" before the p-lams went on.

Here's a question for you though, if the same p-lam was made of wood and put on the belly ramp under the glass, would it add less weight than the glass one?
I guess what I am saying is, is the glass stiffer than wood?

[kennym]

Glass is stiffer than wood,per thickness. How much,I don't know.  Maybe that is where I got the less #s added I've heard about....

[Dmaxshawn]

Furtaker I have the same exact bow form from Kenny and I use a wood p lam on the ramp just like you did with the glass and it usually looking at adding 4.5 to as much as 6 lbs depending on which core wood you use.  I really like the perfomance and profile of the bow with the p-lam.


Shawn

[riivioristo]

Good work - cant wait to see the finished bow!