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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2015, 07:42:30 am »
Is it wrong for me to be praying that it pops a splinter?  >:D  :P ....  :laugh: 
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2015, 08:01:54 am »
No, its not wrong. But I think your wasting a prayer ;)
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2015, 08:05:15 am »
Quote from: Knoll on August 14, 2015, 09:36:46 pm
Congrats on the glue up!
Sooooo ... maybe there IS hope for me also . . . . . . . . .  .  >:D

If you want to get serious with glue bows sharp shooter, Id highly suggest proper inner tube & peg forms, and a hot box. A sander like Mike mentioned as well. That's what prompted this thread. I have none of those and got lucky this time. I also have no intentions on getting serious with glue bows.
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2015, 12:20:22 pm »
Quote from: mikekeswick on August 15, 2015, 03:10:53 am
The trick with gluelines is preparation, preparation, preparation!!
If I wanted good gluelines all the time and I didn't have a drum sander. I would saw them myself then find a good woodworking shop who does have one then make friends! A drum sander is THE tool to prepare lams. Planer thicknessers are ok but they leave a washboarded surface and actually compress the fibers thus not really allowing a proper glue bond. Lams prepared with a drum sander will always be flawless. To make tapered lams just buy a set of 0.002 and 0.001 tapers from Binghams, put these on a simple sled with a butt end stop and put your lams on top, they will then be ground to perfectly match the base taper. Most wood bows like about 0.005 to 0.008 per running inch tapers. If they ask what grit you want them done with 60 grit is the one.

Would a belt sander work as well as a drum sander? I would think that a belt sander would get it flatter. Am I wrong?
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2015, 12:35:51 pm »
If you can afford a drum sander or build one like i am in the process of doing that is the way to go right now i use a surface planer and a belt sander just to rough it up a bit
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2015, 08:20:11 am »
Well it held up just fine. I shot a ton of arrows from it yesterday. The bow pretty much fell out of the glue up I made. It only took a few hours to tiller it. Yew is nice that way.
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« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2015, 09:17:46 am »
pics man pics!
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2015, 01:02:34 pm »
Lookin' good man! Bamboo looks a bit on the thick side...food for thought if you ever venture to the dark side again.
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2015, 05:56:34 pm »
Oooooh that has to be a sweet shooter.
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2015, 09:00:07 pm »
Quote from: bubby on August 15, 2015, 12:35:51 pm
If you can afford a drum sander or build one like i am in the process of doing . . . . . .

build along! build along!   ;)
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2015, 11:27:11 pm »
glue lines....... It doesn't get much better than that! 
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2015, 07:44:31 am »
Here are the few I took. I need to slap some finish to it in the next week or so.

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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2015, 08:11:18 am »
Looks good to me. :)
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Re: finally...decent glue lines
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2015, 02:41:06 pm »
Looks great!
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« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2015, 03:24:12 pm »
<------ green with envy.    ::)
Congrats, young man!
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