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Johnny K:
Hi all,

I figured I'd introduce myself:
My name is John, and I live in Alberta, Canada. I'm quite new to archery and bow building, currently working on my first "real" bow, a tri-lam pyramid longbow. Really like this site, already found a lot of useful info here, and hope to learn much more!

Anyone else from the Edmonton area? I'm having a hard time finding good suppliers of bow wood/staves out here...

Thanks,
John

pics are of the tri-lam... I have realized that I made the limbs way too thick... now for some serious sanding  :) ...

bubbles:
Hey John, welcome to PA.  I'm  from Toronto, but Im sure there are sme guys around you.
A good spokeshave will reduce that belly down to floor tiller pretty quick if you have good grain. Sanding would take a while, unless you have a good belt sander.  Ferriers rasp would also be good.
Also, is that 2 backings spliced together in the handle or am I crazy?

Johnny K:
Hi bubbles, Thanks for the welcome!

You're not crazy, that is a splice in the middle... I had a terrible time finding something with a straight grain that long... I figured that, as my handle is non-bending, it couldn't hurt to make a two-piece backing... it's maple almost 1/4" thick.

Thanks for the tool suggestions, I have a ferrier's rasp and might try that, but as I mean to keep the belly flat, I think my best bet is the belt sander. (The belly is oak, sands really easy...)   

Thanks,
John

Pat B:
Welcome to PA, John. The farriers rasp should do what's needed to reduce the belly and keep it flat. You can also reduce the width to drop the weight some. As far as the two piece backing, I'd add an overlay over the joint in the baking for insurance. You can still shape it to be comfortable.

  Pat

Johnny K:
Thanks Pat!

I'll look into putting on an overlay, just to be safe... wouldn't want this one to break (it's been in the works/planning for quite a while)...
I've got some left over purple-heart that will do the trick, and the extra thickness will enable me to deepen the arrow shelf without fear of weakening the bow there.

Thanks again for the welcome and advice,

John

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