burniegoeasily

This is a trilam. Ill have belly lams running up my fades. My fades will actually be my riser piece. You are correct though that a belly this thin would pop a handle off quick.

burniegoeasily

Back again. Got home from church and uwrapped the bow and cleaned it up. Its all looking good.


and here you can see how the belly lams run up the riser piece.



Im going to glue on a piece of ipe to finish out my belly lams and a block of osage to add to the gip area. Ill shape it tomorrow. Ill hand sand the handle smooth and even and use the belt sander to shape the block of Osage to fit the bow.



Now its all shaped, ill glue them on.




While that dries, ill sand down the tips so I can put on the overlays.


Im going to use ipe, osage, and antler for my overlays. I start by ripping some small pieces of ipe and osage and sand them thin and flat with the belt sander.




Now for the waiting game again. Tomorrow ill shape the tips a bit, cut the riser flat so I can start tillering.

Kanga

Lookin real good mate as per usual

Hey did the postman bring you that package I sent?

bowman15

That's looking great. I missed where the fades went in at tho, but it's sure coming out nice. What draw-weight were you shooting for again?

bigcountry

Oh, I see. I could for the life of me figure out what a trilam you were doing and being able to put a handle on. So you have two layers of IPE? Looks like alot more work.

burniegoeasily

Im building this bow for me so it will be in the 60lb area.

Mark, it is a little more time consuming to do a trilam like this. That is the initial glue ups, but if your measurements are good, and everything is done correct, the tillering is easier.

burniegoeasily

Thanks.

Yea, I got the package in Sat. I cant tell you how much I appreciate it.

burniegoeasily

Disclaimer

I forgot to mention. If you are not sure of your band saw and belt sander skills, id suggest using a two part, gap filling epoxy like Smooth on ea40 or my new favorite, aero marine epoxy. I guess I think too highly of my skills to be using titebond III. I guess I dodged a bullet because everything matted well.

Here is the address to it. It cheaper than smooth on and is almost identical.
http://www.jgreer.com./index.htm Ive been using 300/11 on and love it.

Kanga

No worries mate, thats what friends are for.

Have you tried that 300/11 with glass yet???????

burniegoeasily

I used it with glass cloth on an old lam to test it, and it worked great. It penetrated better then bowgrip or smooth on. It isa tad thinner than smoothon. Reason is because smoothon thickens a little more with cabosile. If you like a thick epoxy, the 400/11 is real thick, I tested it as well. It worked good too. I was a bit thicker than smooth on. To get something between, you could get a cheap lb of cabosile and thicken the 300/11. They sell cabosile real cheap and a lb bag will last a while. I really like the consistency of the 300/11. And since it is half the price of smooth on, you cant go wrong.