I like how it's adjustable. Do you use a radiused fixture to clamp the lam in while boiling?
The adjustability is why I went to the trouble with it. There are so many possibilities of lam bow shapes with Perry reflex, recurves, R/D long bows, etc. that I wanted to be able to reconfigure everything without making a new form every time I wanted a different bow style. I also wanted multiple posts so I can define a specific radius to the limb bend instead of accepting whatever shape the limb wanted to form when bent over one or two posts.
This is more a proof of concept than anything. The posts will eventually have some sort of height adjustment built in so I don't have to keep brad nailing the shoulders in place. I figured I could live with this for a bow or two just to see if it works as I hope, then make a better set of posts once I have some experience with it. The posts are currently just 2x4 construction lumber that I cleaned up and radiused.
I just boiled the lams flat and then used the clamps and blocks to force them into the curve of the riser. I may think about a fixture for future work, that sounds like a good idea. The lams are ~0.155" where they are bending and it took a surprising amount of force to bend them into the riser.
Yeppers. With a little garlic salt and some peppers and onions.
That sounds tasty. Do you have a recipe you can share?
Mark
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