Little experiment...pics added

[Ifrit617]

Cool! Thanks..

Jon

[Jboyd]

I fixed a bamboo backed hickory that same way with some osage lams and it is
the only bow I have that I killed a deer with.

If it aint completely broke it aint broke!  Good Job

Jamie

[jtbluefeather]

I just may have to try this on my first HBH that I did. Tiller is wonky and I was just going to leave it as a wall hanger, but I do have a pair of osage lams I wasn't doing anything with. If I scraped down the hickory belly and added the osage, it would worta end up like a tri lam then?  Might as well experiment like PD!  Thanks for the idea PD!

[Youngboyer2(billyf)]

I love rescue bows, they get a second chance to prove themselves

[Pat B]

Good deal Pearlie.  I have a "corner of shame" that I occasionally choose a candidate for experiment.    (sounds evil  )  I've added belly lams to selfbows and made trilam out of backed bows. Generally the results are better than the original's potential.
 

[MoNative]

Hey, thats pretty cool drum!

[NruJaC]

Pat or Pearl, how do you guys get the belly flat enough to glue on the lams? I have a couple of bows that I'd like to try this with, but I'd never be able to get the belly flat enough (especially not with only hand tools).

[Pat B]

Belt sander! 

[NruJaC]

As a student living in an apartment, I don't think my neighbors would appreciate that one . Ahh well, one day I guess.

[bubby]

i did this same fix on a maple backed gonco alves bow that was bending too much at the fades, glued on some belly lams that i cut off another bow, stoped them about a foot from the tip's i think, anyway it worked great, Bub

[Pappy]

Very nice save, great it got a new life and second chance to prove itself. :)I need to save mine, guess I should,I always just cut um up and cook brats with them.
   Pappy

[PEARL DRUMS]

I see Tim Baker classifide mesquite as suitable bow wood if constructed accrodingly. Ash cant be much better in compression. That could be why it worked so far. Its a fun bow to shoot at a lighter weight and it has zero hand shock with a big fat 16 strand B50 tiller string on it. Osage lams would have added more draw weight Im sure. Next time I wont be so lazy and I will saw some!

[Del the cat]

As a student living in an apartment, I don't think my neighbors would appreciate that one . Ahh well, one day I guess.

It can be done with a fine rasp, a steady hand and a lot of patience.
Del

[PEARL DRUMS]

 

Pat or Pearl, how do you guys get the belly flat enough to glue on the lams? I have a couple of bows that I'd like to try this with, but I'd never be able to get the belly flat enough (especially not with only hand tools).

I explained the entire process in detail a few posts up. Have a read.

[TurtleCreek]

  Using your new idea, bloodwood or zebrawood would look pretty sweet too.  Great idea Pearl