smooth on question ( amount)

[Scott Beitzel]

just wondering just how much smooth on does it take to build a longbow or a takedown long bow .
or maybe i should say how many bows can you build out of the pint 30 dollor set.?

just wondering ,
thanks,
Scott

[Apex Predator]

I normally get three, but I use too much epoxy on each one!  

[TNstickn]

More than the tuna can thing.  :D

[Dick in Seattle]

I figure on six per quart set, but like Apex, I tend to overmix.   I always line up anything else in the house or shop that needs gluing to get at while i have the stuff ready. The layup I just finished also saw a chair repaired and my javelina skull mounted on its display board.  I also hate the very idea of running out mid-layup.   Out of 30 runs, that's only happened twice.   I usually have some left on the palette to dry out and throw away.   I don't use the tuna can, just a one foot square board.   I use a wallpaper roller to apply and the palette makes it easy to use the roller.

[Bradford]

I have done 2, and have enough to do a third.  Like all the rest, I use a lot.. better to over do it than no enough.  So looks like 3 is the magic number.. if you go thin, maybe 4.

[Scott Beitzel]

thanks fellas just wanting to know what i'm getting into before i don't get enough it might be a long winter here in maryland and i mite get more than one bow ready ( that would be awsume )

funny thing is building them is just as awsome as shooting them .

Scott

[hova]

im keeping an eye on your stuff scott. sounds like you got the right track figured out.

i havent even gotten to shoot a bow lately...

-hov