Kenny M Bow Lam Questions

[gograntgo10]

I am getting ready to build a Kenny M 62" Bow and I have a question. In a lot of the build alongs I see for this bow I see people using power lams, tip wedges, or combination super lams. Do you need to use these to make this design? If so, where do you get them? What specifically do you order? Where do these go in the stack? Sorry if these are dumb questions, I am quite new to building bows.
Thanks for your help,
Grant

[kennym]

Nope, you don't have to have them. They help about 2 or 3  fps, so no biggie. I started using them to try and get the other 2-3 fps out of it.  Really almost not worth fooling with,  as long as you have .003 total taper in the limb lams , it will bend just fine.    

[monterey]

Kenny, did you ever try one with just the tip wedges?  If you did, what differences did you see over no tip wedges?

[kennym]

Mike, I didn't, but I found this in the test bows I built in about 09 (not sure if this walnut bow had tip wedges, I have one with tip wedges and it has the add on p lams on it and is around 48#)

Walnut bow
46.5#
181.1 fps [TYPO !!! Shoulda been 180.8!!]


Here is the tip wedge/powerlam bow stats:

walnut core,aboo tip wedge,glass p-lam on outside on belly(add on) 48.5@28",same string and arrow 437gr (9.01gpp).

It shot 187 avg or around 5 fps gain.

I can't tell any differences in shootability,so I guess it is free horsepower!

Test bow thread....


 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001491;p=11

[Crooked Stic]

I think the only thing a tip wedge will get you is a better string angle. And probably not that much with the .003 taper.

[gograntgo10]

Thank you so much for the help guys