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Offline makenzie71

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Another random question...perry reflex stuff...
« on: May 05, 2010, 12:59:07 pm »
I've done a few perry reflex bows...but not one was all-wood.  I have a nice grain oak 1X2 that I'm going to split into two 36" lengths and then into five 1/8 x 2 veneers.  I'm then going to glue them at about a 10* angle to the handle.  About 1/3 of the way out the form will put the limbs on the same plane again, then the last third of the limbs will be flipped up into a mild recurve.

Working with glass I had no issues...there was less oak and it moved freely with the glass, and everything was much wider so when it came to tillering all I needed to do was narrow the limb a bit.  I'm not quite sure how to approach tillering when  I'm looking at 3 to 5 laminations...would it be the same as if I were using a solid stave?
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