New guys first bow-harsh criticism please

[Weylin]

I've never done lams nor have I worked with ipe but my understanding is that ipe is incredible in compression but that it is relatively brittle and there for not particularly well suited to extreme bends. So I think that your chrysals came from the ipe's lack of elasticity. Sorry to hear that it didn't work out.

[Zion]

My mom does the same thing with my broken bows 

[Don Case]

When I cut the strips I cut three so I could pick the two that were closest in thickness(my table saw ain't much). They were 27" long, 3/4" wide and 3/32" thick. I took the left over piece and bent it around til the ends were about 3" apart before it broke into three pieces. I don't think I can blame the chrysals  on faulty Ipe.