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Blacktail:
i have seen you guys talking about tri lam bows...so i have some questions...what is a tri lam bow...where can i get wood for it...and what kind of wood should be used...i want to learn some thing new in bow making...thanks john

fishfinder401:
a tri lam is just a bow with three laminations of wood, for example, a hickory back, with osage core and ipe belly, the back and belly do the most work and thus are more important, but that doesn't mean you can skimp on the core ;)
noel

Blacktail:
o.k. thanks  SO,what are some of the thickness for the lams...and can a person buy lams...i only have a band saw...thanks again..john

fishfinder401:
im not really, sure, i have never personally made one, but i know you can buy the lams, i am going to do a few hickory backed ipes first
check 3 rivers and rudderbows
noel

adb:
Most of my backing strips and mid-lams are 1/4" thick. I don't taper them, they're parallel thickness. I usually make the belly wood thickness 1", do the glue-up, then taper the limbs from the center to 1/2" width and 1/2" thickness. Depending on final desired length, these dimensions will give me up to 100#s weight.
I posted a pic of the tip of a tri-lam I made a while back, so you can see the lam thicknesses.

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