Laminations?

[Hickoryswitch]

I've never tried a laminated bow but would like to. I was wondering how yall tapered your laminations. I have some tonkin boo and some vertical grain boo flooring. Could someone also give me rough dimensions needed for a bow 55@28. Thanks

[bowmunky13]

no dimensions here... but when i build furniture i somtimes laminate.... i use a belt sander... if you dont want to go out and buy a biggun... you can do what i did.. buy a handheld one that has a trigger catch on it... you can use it in a vise... or build a table for it with a couch for the hand grip and bulk of the machine itself... i have heard people using thickness planers... spokeshaves.. and scrapers in combo with sanpaper

[Hickoryswitch]

I was thinking maybe I could build a jig for the table saw. Thats how we did our glass bows. The bad thing was we killed two lams with every cut cause of kerf. Thanks i might have start trying the belt sander for other things than rough tillering.

[mullet]

  You'll have an easier time with a sander or joiner. It isn't that hard using a drawknife if you take your time to really get a good glue fit. I'm definately not an expert on lams, most of mine have been glued up from table saw cuts.

[Gordon]

On my last bow I used a parallel 1/8" vertical boo lamination for the core. I used wood for the belly and tillered it like I would a self bow.

[Hickoryswitch]

Thanks everyone. Still got a couple questions though. If I build a laminate out of boo&boo flooring how wide do i need to go for a 50 to 55 @28 r/d? I've never worked with boo and really have no earthly idea.