osage for belly

[razorback]

I think I need to add some thin belly slats to my swap bow to get it to weight. Anyone know a good place to get some. I'm in the mid 40's now and need 50-60#. It is hickory backed ipe 66" long. The belly is flat so adding some osage should be easy.
Also how thick a slat for 10# plus re-tillering.

[takefive]

Pretty sure that Pine Hollow Longbows has osage board billets if you can rip them to the thickness you want.  I buy full length boards from him and they've always been good quality.

[Roy from Pa]

1/8th thick should work.

[Echatham]

razorback i done said it alot o times... 45 is perfect  

[Pat B]

Check one of the TG lam grinders.

[razorback]

Eric, I don't mind 45# either, but that's not what the doctor ordered. After messing up last year I want to be dead on this year, good bow to specs and on time.

[Pat B]

I added osage belly lams to a 60" osage static recurve a few years ago that took lots of set and fretted. The wood felt dry but wasn't seasoned. The lams I added were about 1/8" tapering to a knife edge. These added about 10# to the bow after re-tillering. I used tapered lams because that is what I had. Parallels will work but you will have a bit more tillering to do.
I used Urac for this project but TB glue should work also.

[razorback]

Thanks Pat. I have some 1/8" parallels coming from Roy. I have some Unibond that I think I'll use for this attachment.

[Pat B]

I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.