Hickory trilam, she looks kinda aggressive.

[John Malone]

All hickory trilam, 66 inches. 3/4 wide handle 4 inch flares 1 1/4 for 6 inches taper to half inch tips.
looks awful mean for some reason.

[Pat B]

That will be fun to tiller. 

[John Malone]

Pat I used Roy's specs for lam thickness, front profile lay out, and the form post height and placement.. It should almost tiller itself. The only difference between this one and the boo backed lemon wood I made is the center post is an inch higher, which is what it was supposed to be anyway. Again, specs from Ole Roy.
Should be pretty sweet, this or the maple I got will end up my swap bow, whichever come out better.

[John Malone]

Oh by the way, the core and belly wood lams are a couple inches longer than the back, ill cut them off later. Makes it look more extreme than it is I guess.

[John Malone]

Question fellows, would it do any good to toast the core and belly lams before I glue them up?

[Bowjunkie]

The outer limbs look pretty straight with most of the reflex happening at the midlimb post. Are any of the lams tapered? If so, how much?

[Roy from Pa]

John said:
Oh by the way, the core and belly wood lams are a couple inches longer than the back, ill cut them off later. Makes it look more extreme than it is I guess.

I don't see a darn thing wrong with it.

Same specs on these 3 pictures.

[John Malone]

Bowjunkie, I leave the core and belly lams long (73 inches) and cut them after glue up, use em for tip overlays.

 The core is tapered.235 (15/64)to .95(3/33)
 Back is parallel 1/8.
 Belly is parallel .290 or 9/32nds. A tad over the recommended 1/4 inch.

 End post on form are 5 inches, center post is 4 3/4, mid post are 2 3/4 and are place midway of limbs as measured from end of fade to tip.

 I got all these ideas from Roy, if the darn thing was about to blow up he wouldn't say a thing.

[Roy from Pa]

Well I am north of the mason dixon line:)
 
 

[BMorv]

I knew it!  That's why Roy gets more deflex than me....2" is a lot of deflex.
 
Your core is almost tapered 0.004"/inch.  Not that that's a bad thing, just saying.
I think at that thickness or stack, 0.65" total, you will have some wood to remove unless you are going for a heavy bow.  Be careful around that deflex spot midlimb.  Like Bowjunkie is mentioning, most of your bend is happening right at that deflex post. It makes tillering in that area difficult.  I like to add a clamp between the deflex post and the reflex post to even that bend out to the tips. 
 
This one ended up making a bow, but it took a lot of set and was a nightmare to tiller....lesson learned.

[Roy from Pa]

Yep Mr. Ben, your bow would be a nightmare, cause ya clamped it up wrong.

Johns will be a pleasure to tiller.

[John Malone]

I don't understand why yours looks that way BMorv?

[John Malone]

Roy, that's the Manson Nixon line not Mason Dixon.

[BMorv]

Because all of the bend is happening right at the deflex post....This is how I do it now.  Makes the transition smoother and easier to tiller.

[Roy from Pa]

Your deflex post isn't doing anything for deflex.

There is no deflex in that bow.

[BMorv]

Yeah, that was one of my 1st tri lams.  After that on subsequent builds I kept inching my mid limb post closer to the center to get more deflex.
 
It would have helped me figure it out sooner if you had told me your mid limb and center post are 2" different!  I guess I'm too far south of the mason dixon to get the inside scoop...

[BMorv]

Edit: I thought you were talking about my second picture.  That bow that I posted 1st was something I tried on my own before I ever started looking into tri lams.  It was just an extreme example of what no bend after the deflex post looks like and the problems it can cause.

[Roy from Pa]

No problem Mr. Ben.

I can't believe a North Carolina guy got it and a Louisiana guy didn't? 

Now ya know:)

[John Malone]

I gotcha Ben. I'm going for #45-50. I don't get the taper formulas. .004? per inch? I don't do decimals either, I speak fractions.

[John Malone]

Don't feel bad Ben, he gave me the wrong specs the first time. Ya know how old people get with their memory and stuff.