Artistic lams.. show us your limb art!

[Bodork]

Nothing like you guys are doing but I was quite proud when I did them. The first one is a fluer de luis under clear glass and the others have laser engraving under the glass.    

 
 

[Roy from Pa]

WOW... You guys are amazing............

[ChristopherO]

Are you using these lams as actual working lams or as decrative veneers?
Nice work, BTW.

[karrow]

COOL!!!      

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Oh Yeah.......Very nice fellas!  

[Troy Breeding]

Semo_Hunter,

That riser went in the hot box seven different times before making the first trip to the sander to start shaping.

Troy

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Originally posted by Troy Breeding:
Semo_Hunter,

That riser went in the hot box seven different times before making the first trip to the sander to start shaping.

Troy

I can imagine, very intricate and meticulous work I'm sure. Sometimes the most time consuming ventures are also our best work aren't they? Not sure if I would have the patience to do that, but you pulled it off nicely.  

[Troy Breeding]

Semo_Hunter,

I had built several bows with the usual looks and was bored. I was looking around the shop and saw a stack of scrap pieces. You know it when you see it, there was a riser in that stack. I just ad to figure it out.    

Troy

[Bradford]

Here is one of those lams in the limb now:

[wookiewebster]

Wow, you are some talented people.  You should be proud of these creations.  They are all sweet!

 

[scottm]

very cool!

[Jorgy]

Great work makes ya want to start building.

[fujimo]

very inspiring, ideas that all go into the idea bank.

[vth0kie12]

how thick do you guys sand these down too?

i made a set the other day using titebond two and sanded them down to .070. long stroy short they came apart in the glue line. so i was thinking either i had them too thick or the titebond two wasnt strong enough.  what do you guys think?

[fujimo]

maybe the heat generated during grinding released the tb 2 glue

[Troy Breeding]

You have to glue them together with the same epoxy as you will use to build the limbs. Atleast thats the way I do it. Since they will be going back in the hot box to cure once in the form the joint in the pieces has to be as strong as possible.

Troy

[JJB]

Amazing work guys, lots of talent here.
-Jay

[Bradford]

I use tight bond 3 and drum sand them down to .040 or .030.  I have only had one come apart and I just glued it back together with no problem.

You need to sand the joint... clean the joint with Acetone the apply good pressure as the joint dries.

I don't know much about tb2.. But we use tight bond 3 in the wood flooring industry to glue together the floors.. works great and holds up..

[Bradford]

Just made these up yesterday/today for a recurve I am building a buddy's daughter..



Getting better with my scroll saw.. want to start doing more!

[BMN]

Very cool!