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Offline bow101

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Lam Orientation
« on: July 08, 2012, 11:38:20 pm »
Hiya,
This concerns Laminations. I currently glued up 5 Lams as shown in the photo. Should I have flipped the 2 opposite lams the other way instead of the grain pointing in the same direction.




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Offline bow101

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Re: Lam Orientation
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 11:41:03 pm »
THere could be a chance of Limb Twist the way I glued it Correct "O" ...?
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Lam Orientation
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 10:13:49 am »
It really doesn't matter. For the sake of uniformity, I usually try to mix the grain orientations as much as possible, but there's nothing wrong with the orientation of your lams either. Limb twist isn't caused by the ring orientation, but can be emphasized by the lack of uniformity if grain abberations are present. With straight grained lams, you really shouldn't worry.
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