Originally posted by TxAg:
Kirk, I thought I read on here before that you don't advocate a heavier wood like ebony as a veneer? I might be misremembering, but figured this is the perfect time to ask. I'm all ears....looking forward to learning.
I suppose if all a guy was looking for was speed, i wouldn't advocate using heavy veneer stock. But when you have a bow design that is exceeding the performance levels of most double carbon bows out there just using glass..... you can afford to use a little heavier veneers. In this case.... We just had to use ebony veneers....
This isn't the fastest bow i've ever built, but you'd play hell finding one to out shoot it...
Here's a few more photos of the build....
Just out of the form you get an idea of what she is going to look like...
Then we get the boogers knocked off the edges and start getting the profile going here...
It's kind of funny..... i've come up with all kinds of modern methods of getting these things straight using lasers, and full length profile patterns that i could use to mill the limbs straight..... But i still find myself using a string line most of the time.....
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