has anyone thought of laminating 2-3 boards together then sawing staves out of it the other way. this would make a bow where the original boo lams are bending side on, not end on like a conventional boo board bow.
what's your thoughts?
bamboo board bow. the other way????
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bamboo board bow. the other way????
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Re: bamboo board bow. the other way????
Not to sure what you are asking but the bamboo flooring comes in both configurations, edge grain and plane sawn so there would be no need to glue. The issue with using it un backed is the violation of the internodes regardless of the configuration. Steve
Re: bamboo board bow. the other way????
Would there be any performance/durability advantage to doing this, or is it just seeing what the material can cope with?
Re: bamboo board bow. the other way????
Try it out and let us know, Craig Ekin built a Howard Hill bow called the Lamboo doing something similar. The LVL Iused as a core in my bow is laminated in both planes too, both are Glass backed bows though.
Cheers,
Mike
Cheers,
Mike
Re: bamboo board bow. the other way????
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I just recently laminated 5 x 5mm bamboo lamelle board and cut out the stave as you said, with the glue lines running from belly to back. It worked fine, but my tillering was a bit rough and next time i will use a rectanglur cross section instead of a D section. I will keep you posted on how the next one goes. I made one the normal way of laminating bows and worked ok to, but once again my tillering is very good yet. The next one i do will be a rectanglur cross section and made with four or five laminations tapered at .002" or .003" inch per inch, just as you would do a glass backed and bellied bow, but with out glass. I thought of laminating the bamboo with the glue lines running from back to belly, cut out the bow profile at .002" inch per inch and then glassing it front and back??? Is this what you were thinking of too?? Maybe some of the other fellows on this site have tried this all ready??... Roscoe
I just recently laminated 5 x 5mm bamboo lamelle board and cut out the stave as you said, with the glue lines running from belly to back. It worked fine, but my tillering was a bit rough and next time i will use a rectanglur cross section instead of a D section. I will keep you posted on how the next one goes. I made one the normal way of laminating bows and worked ok to, but once again my tillering is very good yet. The next one i do will be a rectanglur cross section and made with four or five laminations tapered at .002" or .003" inch per inch, just as you would do a glass backed and bellied bow, but with out glass. I thought of laminating the bamboo with the glue lines running from back to belly, cut out the bow profile at .002" inch per inch and then glassing it front and back??? Is this what you were thinking of too?? Maybe some of the other fellows on this site have tried this all ready??... Roscoe