[cainsaw]

in reply to: Longbow Build Question #31202

Nice catch and thank you, just saved me from making a big mistake, I would have never caught that until I was ready to epoxy laminates together and that would have been bad to try to fix once I was epoxying everything together. It will almost lay down but going to take a 1/4 off each side to make the slope gentler, so it will not be so difficult to tape down once I do start epoxying everything together. Everyone else this is why they say do a dry run before you start epoxying the laminates, will remember that one from now on.:)

[cainsaw]

in reply to: Longbow Build Question #30090

Thanks for Advise I will use the scarf joint to piece my coreflex pieces together. I read that somewhere several months back but forgotten about it. Those are some really nice looking longbows Also. I am building bows for friends and just asking for them to give me feedback on how the bow’s Shoot and perform. Hopefully after several more I will be comfortable enough to tackle a Take down Re-curve. I am a little nervous due to the Fiberglass, this will be my first time using the fiberglass, and have read it can be a pain to work with. I am just hoping my limbs draw evenly so I don’t have to sand very much to tiller the bow in, Since not like using stock piece of Hickory where you can sand all you want to get the bow down to draw weight and to drawing evenly. I added a white Accent strip into my Riser and going to add White and walnut for tip overlays will see how the White overlay looks on back of riser and probably will add to help support the fiberglass and joint. I will post picks once I get it laminated up and cured, Again thanks for the help.

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