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Backing for Tri-laminate ELB

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peacefullymadewarbows:
Yeah that can be intimidating. I tend to only taper the center lam. I leave the back and belly parallel. The belly tapers naturally during tillering. But I also don't glue in reflex. I've seen people taper lams and almost pre tiller them so the reflex glues in a nice shape. I made a tapering jig just by sawing a gentle straight line slant on a piece of 4x4. I send them through the planer. I had did a 1/4" center 1/8" tip ratio for my core and it turned out perfect at the tips in terms of having everybody in the horn tip.

Redhawke:
Yes, the bamboo arrived with the nodes intact and looking great. Each plank is almost 1/2" thick so I'm guessing I will need to thin that down considerably. On the core of Ipe do I taper both faces or just the face that will be facing the belly ?

peacefullymadewarbows:
Sounds like you got great boo. I just taper one face. Just make sure you have good even clamping pressure so you don't have glue gaps and you should be golden.

Pat B:
IMO, I think you would be better served to use the ipe for the belly and the yellow heart for the core. Ipe is very strong in compression. I know the color combo would probably look better with the darker wood as the core but I'd be more interested in performance than beauty...not that it would be not beautiful either way.

Redhawke:
Pat B, I actually intend to stain the Bamboo with brown leather dye which will give it a reddish cast. Yes, dealing with these beautiful exotic hardwoods I have to remind myself it's not an art project the performance should in fact come first. My original plan was to use the Ipe as the belly wood but I only see it used as a core wood on tri-laminates so far. I thought the color scheme would be dramatic to the eye so that option remains on the table. I have been thinking about the bamboo a bit and would like to know what a good nominal thickness would be for that layer. It's coming in at around 1/2" at the end of the planks. I'm a bit worried that it's too thick but can't find a reference anywhere for the poundage I'm attempting to obtain at end of build. (W

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