Overlays

[b.glass]

You know how glass bows have those overlays on the back of the grip area and belly side of the tips? Have any of you tried that with a bamboo backed bow. I plan to try it.

[Pat B]

It will work OK if you match the contour of the overlay to the boo. Scrape or sand the rind off also so the glue holds.    Pat

[Apex Predator]

I sand the tips flat at an angle before glueing on the overlays.  This is what they look like.

 

 

[Jeremy]

I do it like Apex.  Handle overlays are tough, but something that works very well is gluing tooling leather down, shaping it and saturating it with superglue.  Comes out looking like a dark wood.  

[Pat B]

For tip overlays I do the same as these guys. Handle overlays over boo might be difficult because you will have to match the contour.     Pat

[b.glass]

What about overlays on the belly side of the tips? I started a bow with this and I will try to get pictures up soon but hunting is high on my list of priorities. I have not finished the bow due to a set back in its progress. I need to decide on a patch for a belly crack.
I've done tip overlays on the back of bows but I've not tried a handle overlay.