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Title: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: Adam Pinerun on June 14, 2017, 03:32:59 pm

I have a ton of quarter sawn white oak and was wondering if I could use white oak for all 3 laminates for a reflex deflex  tri-lam bow?

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: Pat B on June 14, 2017, 03:58:22 pm

I don't see why not.

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 14, 2017, 03:59:43 pm

But only if you post lots of pics...

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: upstatenybowyer on June 15, 2017, 08:34:56 am

Yes. We love pics.  (-P (-P (-P  :)

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 15, 2017, 01:47:11 pm

Quote from: upstatenybowyer on June 15, 2017, 08:34:56 am

Yes. We love pics.  (-P (-P (-P  :)

Yup, some of us, like me, can't read.

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: jeffhalfrack on June 15, 2017, 08:39:07 pm

You can,,,I made a few white oak board bows,,,what I did was run the board through the planer,then I ripped an1/8" strip off of the board,,,,I then flipped the backing strip end over end and glued it back down then shaped the bow out on the band saw as usual ,,worked good ,,,I love white oak! ,,,,,I realize you are making a tri ,,,but your choice of wood imho is exellent combo !,jeffw

Title: Re: All white oak tri-lam
Post by: Adam Pinerun on June 17, 2017, 04:09:06 pm

Thanks for the response guys. I want to build a 70" tri-lam reflex deflex with a 60lb draw.No glass.What should my laminate stack be to achieve this. Dimensions? I'm planning on a hill style riser handle as well. Do I need to taper my laminates or can they be parallel? Thanks for any help. Just trying to get in the game!