Yes, eightwgt the glueing of the laminations always seems stressful or to get my blood pressure up. Its a gooey mess, the laminations all want to slide this way and that. I' d being pulling my hair out at this point except I' m already bald!
I always tell my wife If I suggest making another bow, just shoot me. I made my longbow last summer and I' m already thinking about making the same bow except heavier with a wider riser so a regular bow quiver can be added.
I think the glueing is the big pain because you have a time limit to get the job done. You can' t just say I' ll finish tommorrow. Which now you can take your sweet old time.
And CTBowhunter, you don' t have to be a woodworker to build a bow(but I' m sure it helps). Just have determination and take the process slow. I suck at woodworking, I' d rather be making it out of metal, yet I' ve built probably a half dozen bows. And the longbow I have now is the sweetest shooting stick bow I' ve ever shot and I' ve had some big name bows in my thirty years of bowhunting.
So, eightwgt good luck with finishing your bow off.
Dan