first time fibreglass bow help needed

[fujimo]

hi, i am going to attend a rick welch shooting clinic in the next few months, and i really want to get one of his longbows, however his wait list is a year long- so it will be a while in coming-as i will only order at the clinic.

so i really would like to build my own, 50# @28" take down longbow, cut 1/8" past center- i want to try and get as close to his bow dimensionally, that i can, so that i really can concentrate on the techniques and form that he teaches- so that when the bow comes it will not be too much of a variance.
any thoughts, ideas and pointers are appreciated.

i love building and shooting my selfbows, but am putting this directive all to school fees.
thanks
wayne

[Mike Most]

i want to try and get as close to his bow dimensionally

your above statement might be the issue, I would say you could build similar looking bows but they would still have individual variable characteristics.    

Hopefully someone with more insight will chime in shortly, this is still the best site around.

[fujimo]

thanks mike,
geuss i phrased that wrong, just trying to get a bow as close as possible, so that it rather helps me, than works against me, for when i eventually get one of his bows. i would still like to really hunt with my selfbows, but maybe for some technique "tuning" practice, and maybe some 3D shoots might be nice to shoot a bow that is a little more forgiving, and hence a tad more consistantly accurate to shoot.
i know he cuts his shelves 1/8 past center, and he has a strip of carbon in the center of the stack somewhere to help things along a bit.
any ideas or pointers are welcomed- no matter how critical.
thanks
wayne

[JamesV]

Have you considered a used bow, might take a while but you might find just the bow you are looking for.

                James.................