Bow laminations

[JSMOFFITT03]

Hello all, new to the forum....  I have to say there is a plethera of info here,  truely amazing...

Any way I have a question regarding cutting my own bow lams,  

Is there a specific way to cut them?  meaning does the grain orientation matter with them like a board or self bow?  I figured it wouldnt due to the physics of laminating...  just curious and wanted to check with the "Gang"

Thanks -Jerrod

[kennym]

On glass bows, not so important, I usually put some fancier grain(flat) next to the glass and edge grain in the core. I use 4 lams in most bows 45 to 60 beside the glass.

On all wood lam bows...? I'll let someone else take that one!

And welcome aboard!  

[JSMOFFITT03]

Thanks for the reply....

I checked your site out, you do nice work.....

[eflanders]

Sorry to be blunt here but here goes anyway:  If you are using boards from a dealer, you won't have a lot of choice in grain orientation unless you go to a sawmill and have them custom cut the boards for you.  The key is to get really straight grained boards.  This cannot be emphasized enough for all-wood laminated bows.  I often find that on many boards, I can only use a portion of them for lams because of grain issues. When using fiberglass lams, the fiberglass is doing most of the work and thus you can get away with most any grain situation.