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Title: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: bjansen on April 15, 2012, 08:22:00 PM

I glued this 64" glass ELB up on my hill form and it has about 1/2" of string follow.  It has a lam stack of .685, no riser, .008 of taper.  The stack consists of 2 osage full length lams, 1 red core tuff, 4 full length bamboo cores barrell tapered at .002" each and .050 belly, .040 back clear glass.  It is about 1.1" at the fades and came out at about 75# @ 28"...too heavy but I couldnt take too much more off.  Finished with tru-oil and paste wax.

It physically weights hardly nothing.  Kind of regretting not doing horn nocks as that would have looked very nice.  Here are some pics.

I actually havent served the string and shot the final product yet.  

  (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture168.jpg)

  (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture167.jpg)

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Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: bjansen on April 15, 2012, 08:23:00 PM

(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture159.jpg)

  (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture155.jpg)

  (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture157.jpg)

  (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture154.jpg)

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: bjansen on April 15, 2012, 08:24:00 PM

And a couple 7/8 draw pics

 (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture171.jpg)

 (http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr287/bjjanse/Picture170.jpg)

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: GREG IN MALAD on April 15, 2012, 11:10:00 PM

Brad,
That is one cool idea. And very nice work.
I just remembered that I have a stack of yew lams that are a bit too narrow for anything else. Maybe a bamboo or hickory back lam to go with them. Going to need a new form as well. I guess that's what vacation time is for.

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: Diamondback59 on April 15, 2012, 11:54:00 PM

hey bro about time ya posted one here  u make that with them lams outta that osage u n me got ? it looks good come one out try it out on a elk with me this fall works done gettn ready head to tennesee for classic hope to see ya there brock

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: bjansen on April 16, 2012, 07:46:00 AM

No these are some other osage lams I had Brock...72" long.  Have fun at the TN classic, I don't think I am going to make it down there

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: Furtaker on April 17, 2012, 06:45:00 AM

Very cool Brad.
I like it.

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: Buemaker on April 17, 2012, 11:40:00 AM

Looking good. You certainly have a lot of lams in that bow. Bue--.

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: kennym on April 17, 2012, 09:04:00 PM

Nice bow, Brad!!


Sweet full draw too!!

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: bjansen on April 17, 2012, 10:13:00 PM

Yeah, it was quite a long glue up.  I think if I were to try another, I would use .009 or .010 taper per inch.

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: Trux Turning on April 17, 2012, 11:24:00 PM

Pretty nice one Brad-should really launch an arrow @75#s!!

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: ron w on April 20, 2012, 02:48:00 PM

Waaaay to heavy for me...lol! But you did a real nice job!!   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: 64" Glass ELB-Osage/Boo
Post by: Raging Water on April 21, 2012, 12:38:00 AM

Put it on the classifieds.

A bunch of us heavy bow shooters would want it.  I certainly do.

Matt