Tim, all wood laminations....
Tim, There was a topic over on another site about all wood laminations, and whether several laminations with glue lines strengthened a bow, or was just access weight per glue use. Remember these are...
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I've never worked with laminations. Do they out perform all wood self bows?Johnny
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Brian if i built multi lam bows i think I would probably just use a light maple for all my cores, I mainly do just wood backed bows. I have heard that action maple is nothing more than soft lighweight...
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What about a Hickory backed Eastern Red Cedar bow? Hickory is good in tension and ERC is good in compression. Saxton Pope said this was a good substitute for Yew.
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Brian: Apart from mass savings if using a light wood for inner laminations, and apart from the artificial advantage possibly gotten by glue-saturated/reinforced wood, I don't think there is an...
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I have made both all wood bows and all wood/bamboo laminate bows. I don't have a chronograph so it is all subjective, but I don't see a noticeable difference in the two, much as I would like the...
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