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Title: laminations
Post by: cabinman70 on February 09, 2014, 06:35:00 PM

hey guys im starting my first laminated bow i was just curious what is the best thing to use to glue it up? epoxy? wood glue?

Title: Re: laminations
Post by: Echatham on February 09, 2014, 06:43:00 PM

Everybody is going to say smooth on epoxy if fibrrglass is involved.  Unibond 800 is what alot of people use for all wood bows but many use smooth on for that too.  You can use tite bond III but it doesnt fill gaps like an epoxy will.   Where is your quote from, I like that.

Title: Re: laminations
Post by: Mike Most on February 09, 2014, 10:09:00 PM

EA 40 smooth On epoxy, is the standard used for a bowyers specific purpose... so to quote EChatham

x2

Title: Re: laminations
Post by: TheHunt on February 10, 2014, 02:40:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Echatham:
   Where is your quote from, I like that.

Henry David Thoreau is the author of the book titled Walden.  I am pretty sure that is where the quote came from.

Title: Re: laminations
Post by: GentlemanArcher on February 12, 2014, 03:40:00 PM

if you use titebond III...do not leave your bow in a car on an August afternoon.  Unless of course,  you want to disassemble that bow.