Bow Building

Last week I laminated one of my bow limbs. The limb was made out of one parellel taper laminated maple, one regular laminated maple, one limb wedge and two Bow Tuff laminated glass. The glue I used was a two part epoxy called Smoothon. Starting out I put a layer of glue on every part of the limb. Then I put them in order and put them in the bow press. From there they went to the oven for about five hours.

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bhibbert Says:
April 7, 2008 at 4:41 am

Brandon, your post was great, I look forward to seeing pictures of your explanation. After you put the glue on the wood did you put the limb in a press or jig before you put it in the oven to make it a specific shape? Great post Brandon, I look forward to seeing more exciting posts and pictures and your wood begins to develop and become a bow.

Brent