Building an osage recurve

[Mark Smeltzer]

Here is how I do mine this is Yew billets and Red Elm.
Sorry the pictures aren't the best. I do all of the bending on the outside of the form with a thin spring steel metal back to prevent splinters from lifting. I do the gluing on the inside of the form, it puts the lam against the form and gives much better glue lines. I use strips of inner tube to wrap and clamp. This bow will also get sinew tip overlays and hopefully Copperheads if I can find some.
Take care,
Mark
 
 
 
 

[John Cooper]

That's going to be a smokin' bow, Mark!  So you're saying that you heat bend both of them together before gluing?

[Mark Smeltzer]

Thanks John. I bend each piece individually on the same form and then glue them together using the underside of the form.
I reread my earlier post and what I meant to say is, This bow is 59" long with a rigid/spliced handle so I'm going to sinew it and I almost always  put tip overlays on.
Thanks

Mark