Started another tri lam, bow # 3...

[Roy from Pa]

It's very close off the form, only minor tillering left to do.

[pipedream]

Can you tell me how much taper and the lam thickness please.You have got me itching to try.

[Trapper Rob]

Roy nice tips.

[LESKEN2011]

Another nice job, Roy. How do you taper your core lam? I'm just curious if you use a jig or something. If you have posted it before, I missed it.

[Roy from Pa]

Width is 1 1/4 at flares and I hold that 1 1/4 width out for 6 more inches then do a straight taper to 1/2 wide at tips. The Osage belly was 1/4 thick on this bow and the last tri lam I made. 3/8th thick Osage then tapered an 1/8th would be better. The lam taper depends on how heavy a bow you want and the core material you use. But I'd say a 1/8th taper from the flares to the tips is good. This is only my third tri lam so I'm not all that experienced yet with different core materials. Example, I used ERC for a core lam on my first tri lam and it came out too light for weight. I should have made that bow 1/4 wider all over. The second tri lam I used wild cherry for a core lam and it came out too heavy for me, so I had to tiller off 10 pounds of weight to get it to 45 pounds. But it's all good fun trying:)

Thanks Robbie and ya gotta find more cow horn, Buddy Ole Pal...  

Ya missed it, Kenny and I hain't gonna type it out again...  

[Roy from Pa]

LOL @ Kenny:)

The best thing, Kenny is to buy tapered lams. Kenny M on here sells them, they are awesome lams, priced right, and Kenny ships his orders out the next morning. And since yunzs both are Kenny's, he might cut ya discount:)

The second tri lam I made, I winged my own lams on my edge sander, then a hand sander. They were not perfect, but the bow came out pretty darn sweet for Redneck lams:) I was going to buy a thickness planer for making lams, but after buying the new tractor, Momma frowned upon dat... So I have a bench top 18" belt sander, my plan is to mount it under my work bench upside down and build a platform under it to slide same thickness lams through it with pattern lams of various thickness taper under my lams. Stand by for that project, otta be a real redneck lam grinder I invent. LMAO..    

[LESKEN2011]

I am trying to make a table saw sled for cutting my limb tapers. I will let you know how that works. Your right, maybe I can get in touch with Kenny (you know all us Kennys are good guys) and apply for my kinship discount.  

Thanks for your help.

[Roy from Pa]

Hold on, Kenny. I didn't say Kenny M was a good guy, I just said he sells good lams...              

So I guess he is kinda Ok:)

Now I can glue the rise on her tonight, look out bow shop, here I come.. Yee-Haw:)
Thanks so much Mr. KcKenzie

[jsweka]

I got a package from Kenny today too.

It had some glass in it for one of them thar high engineered bows.  

[Roy from Pa]

Shouldn't you be chasing a ring on your Osage stave, Mr glass boy:)

[Roy from Pa]

Look at the riser material, wow.



All tucked away for the night.

[Razorbak]

wow !!!!!!!

[Roy from Pa]

OMG, this riser material ROCKS:)

[jsweka]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Shouldn't you be chasing a ring on your Osage stave, Mr glass boy:)

I should, but I set that project aside for now before I totally destroy it.  The bow I just got materials for from Kenny is going to a friend of mine from work.

That sure is nice riser wood!

[delongbows]

That riser is gorgeous!!!

[DVSHUNTER]

Awesome looking riser Roy! Looks like granadilo. I just got some myself.

[Trapper Rob]

That is going to be sweet.

[Roy from Pa]

Still in the bow shop. Have it rasped down closer to final shape. Covered in dust and the empty's are piling up:) I love this retirement.

[Roy from Pa]

David, it's Bocote from Sister McKenzie  

[Roy from Pa]

Got the riser and one tip roughed out tonight.









Had to take a picture of the moon on the way into the house:)