hic backed vertical trilam.(full draw added)

Ken75 · January 22, 2011, 07:47:00 PM

heres one i finished today its maple and ipe belly backed by hickory .55inchs long 48 lbs at 28 inches. finished with acrlic paint and clear coat

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Ken75 · January 22, 2011, 07:48:00 PM

sorry bout the dark pics

1oldbowguy · January 22, 2011, 08:10:00 PM

Ken, sure looks nice, way to go!!!

Dick in Seattle · January 22, 2011, 08:45:00 PM

that is a beautiful piece of work!

Osagetree · January 22, 2011, 08:57:00 PM

I like it!

bjansen · January 22, 2011, 09:45:00 PM

Nice work...you are cranking them out!

Roy from Pa · January 22, 2011, 09:51:00 PM

Very nice, I like it a lot.

vanillabear? · January 22, 2011, 10:26:00 PM

Ken75 · January 22, 2011, 10:36:00 PM

thanks olbowguy,Dick,osagetree , bjansen, Roy
thanks Scott,i had that one in but it didnt post. " Fancy" be glad you cant see it close up im like a blind artist.
more to come glued a hbo , and an hickory backed ipe(trade bow) up today

Pat B · January 22, 2011, 10:51:00 PM

I bet laming the belly like that adds zip to the bow. With the ipe in the center taking most of the compression and half of each limb is a lighter weight wood, maple. The benefits of ipe's compression but lighter.
Very nice bow, Ken

Stiks-n-Strings · January 22, 2011, 11:03:00 PM

Nice looking bow!

hova · January 22, 2011, 11:39:00 PM

i love it!

-hov

John Lipinski · January 23, 2011, 01:16:00 AM

beautiful. I'm thinking of something like the artwork on the back for my swap bow. I'm going to see about that later, once I've got it all built. Thanks for the pictures, It's gorgeous.

KellyG · January 23, 2011, 05:44:00 AM

Ken your bows are something else, Love that I beam. That Ipe must be some great belly wood.
Are you bellies flat or do you crown them?

SteveD · January 23, 2011, 07:33:00 AM

Very Nice. Great job

Ken75 · January 23, 2011, 02:21:00 PM

thanks Pat,thanks stiks, thanks hova, thanks john im sure your artwork will be an improvement on mine, thanks kelly their flat, thanks Steve

Ken75 · January 23, 2011, 10:41:00 PM

heres the full draw

Schmidtster · January 23, 2011, 11:06:00 PM

that is a awesome bow I have a question, myself being a newb, how do you laminate the ipe and the maple together I assume the outside of the belly is maple and the inside darker strip is ipe. but how do you put them together is it just a straight up glue em together or is there more to it than that

SEMO_HUNTER · January 23, 2011, 11:23:00 PM

Now that's creative, nice job!

Ken75 · January 23, 2011, 11:26:00 PM

thanks Schmid i cut 1/2 by 1 inch 2 pieces of maple 1 ipe glued them up with titebond and cut in half . gives you two belly cores.
thanks Semo