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Title: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: edy5dms on September 01, 2008, 08:01:00 AM
Please suggest any good online shops to buy quality Fiber-Glass backing strips.
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: kennym on September 01, 2008, 09:01:00 AM
I don't stock glass just yet,so here...
 http://www.binghamprojects.com/product.htm

or here..
 http://www.3riversarchery.com/Cat.asp?c=49&s=0&p=0

building your form here...
 http://www.kennyscustomarchery.com/Bow_forms.html

Good luck,take your time and enjoy it!!
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: edy5dms on September 01, 2008, 12:47:00 PM
Thanks a lot Kennym and yes I'm planning to take it very slow and research well and experiment methodically on just wood laminated bows to gain understanding on the local woods and proper lamination thickness, taper and number of lams and est and then finally go for the final one with the fiberglass backing but wanted to know where I could buy so can get one of my friends to bring it down when the opportunity come along.

Thanks again
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: edy5dms on September 02, 2008, 01:49:00 AM
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Originally posted by kennym:
I don't stock glass just yet,so here...
  http://www.binghamprojects.com/product.htm  

or here..
  http://www.3riversarchery.com/Cat.asp?c=49&s=0&p=0  

building your form here...
  http://www.kennyscustomarchery.com/Bow_forms.html  

Good luck,take your time and enjoy it!!
In the first link you gave there were different types of fiber glass backing in the sense of their compositions and materials used to build them. So are their recommendation when choosing a type?
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: rbbhunt on September 02, 2008, 01:41:00 PM
Get volume 4 of the Traditional Bowyers's Bible.  There is a good chapter on building all wood laminated bows that may be of some interest to you.
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: kennym on September 02, 2008, 09:33:00 PM
I sent you an email and attachment,hope it helps......
Title: Re: Where to Buy Fiber-Glass backings strips online
Post by: edy5dms on September 04, 2008, 09:45:00 PM
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Originally posted by rbbhunt:
Get volume 4 of the Traditional Bowyers's Bible.  There is a good chapter on building all wood laminated bows that may be of some interest to you.
Thanks for the info rbbhunt, I was planning to buy vol 1 and maybe 4 ( could not find its exacts contents of vol. 4). Now that u says that there is a section of interest on vol 4 will def. buy that. Thanks for the head up..Cheers