Tri lam question.

[wood carver 2]

I was just reading Tenbrooks' thread about the lam thicknesses for a hickory backed tri lam and it made me think of a couple of questions so I thought I'd better start a new thread rather than hijack that one.
When I built my bows I used a 1/8" back and 1/8" belly and I made the mid lam 5/16" tapered to 1/16". Should I have made the belly lam the thicker one or is what I did ok? My bows worked out ok, but if there's a proper way to do things I'd rather learn the right way.
Also, one of my bows came in uderweight while the second bow was right on target (more luck than anything else). The light bow kept most of the reflex I glued in while the other one lost most of it's reflex. Is that because of something I did or failed to do?
Dave

[rainman]

Different woods have different densities, so it would be easy to get your results.  I usually make the belly lam the thick lam but that is just because that was the way Dean built his bows when he came out with the video 12 years ago.

[wood carver 2]

I just put the thick lam in the middle because I thought it looked better there.    
Dave.

[tenbrook]

Your not doing it wrong either way works fine.

[wood carver 2]

Thanks. It's good to know. Maybe I'll try one with a thick belly lam just to see if it holds the glued in reflex any better.
Dave.