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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Aaron H on October 26, 2015, 11:05:09 am

Title: splicing a power lam?
Post by: Aaron H on October 26, 2015, 11:05:09 am

Would I be ok to splice together my power lam with say a z splice, or would it be smarter to keep it one piece?

Title: Re: splicing a power lam?
Post by: Pat B on October 26, 2015, 11:43:38 am

All a power lam does is stiffens the handle area to keep it from bending. A "Z" splice should be adequate to do this.

Title: Re: splicing a power lam?
Post by: Aaron H on October 26, 2015, 12:34:11 pm

That's kinda what I figured.  Thanks Pat

Title: Re: splicing a power lam?
Post by: Badger on October 26, 2015, 12:55:06 pm

I sometimes just cut a 45 degree angle on internal splices like lams and then butt them up. Doesn't seem to be much stress on the joint

Title: Re: splicing a power lam?
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 26, 2015, 02:03:27 pm

Sleek and I did one a while back that pretty much just had a scarf joint like Badger said. Ours was on the core wood. It didn't hurt a thing!
Patrick