glass joint on back?

[fujimo]

i have some 36"brown glass i want to use, is it ok to join it(scarfe joint) in the handle area of a 50# bow, and then an overlay.
or is one piece the only way to go- as it is brown, i really want to use it on the back- and not the belly
thanks
wayne

[kennym]

The 48  lb recurve I built last spring has the back glass ground out for 3or4" with no probs. it does have a phenolic   I- beam, so you might overlay with a chunk of glass . A bunch of the older bows have no glass thru handle in the back

[fujimo]

excellent, thanks kenny- just didnt want to waste the two short pieces of glass that i had here.

you working on a recurve form too??

[bamboo]

scarf will work too-----
some guys build one limb at a time on half a form

[kennym]

Built one curve off it, worked out good, but at 1.5" wide, you gotta tiller carefuller than usual...  :D

[Crooked Stic]

Carefuller---------Is that a word?  

[fujimo]

so when we gonna see that bow- so we can build it too!    
have you got a link to it?

[kennym]

Originally posted by Crooked Stic:
Carefuller---------Is that a word?    

It is one of many I used tillering that one!! LOL

I haven't decided on whether or not I like it Wayne...

[LittleBen]

No one's gonna call you a sissy if you go 1.75" wide ... or go 2" wide ... really 70's like.