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Offline Marc St Louis

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Tri Lam ERC
« on: December 27, 2013, 06:38:08 pm »
It has been awhile since I posted a bow, doesn't mean I haven't been making them.  I finished this bow up a few days ago, not my usual style but I built it as the basis of an article for PA.  It is essentially a board bow, even though some of the "boards" were made by me.  I was quite impressed at the way this bow turned out and after shooting it I am even more impressed.  It is fast, for a straight limb bow, and shoots quite well.  It has a ERC belly, BC core and Maple backing.  I glued the bow up with about 2 1/2" of reflex and it maintains a bit over 1" after shooting it some.  The bow is an ALB 68" long with 1 1/8" wide shallow D section limbs that taper to 3/8" nocks.  The bow pulls 55# @ 28".  Occasionally I like to shoot left handed and the number of left hand bows at my disposal are very few so I made this bow as a left hand bow, which now make 2.  Here are some pictures







I had fun making this bow
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2013, 06:50:37 pm »
Nice bow Marc, tiller looks perfect.  ...... Actually better than perfect if thats possible. :o
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2013, 07:03:17 pm »
Beautiful bow Marc. Spot on tiller, though, we never expect anything less from you. Cant wait to read the article.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2013, 07:51:20 pm »
Beautiful as per!was wondering what bc stands for and also did you you use armomatic/tenessee erc for the belly?the closet linning stuff?thx's
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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2013, 07:58:49 pm »
Thanks guys.  No such thing as perfect

BC stands for Black Cherry and Aromatic Cedar it is
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Offline VicNova

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2013, 08:03:15 pm »
looks sharp!
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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 08:10:39 pm »
Really nice!
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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2013, 08:28:05 pm »
  I bet that bow is super light, It surly must have good cast. Great tiller but we would expect no less from you.

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 08:58:40 pm »
gorgeous bow!
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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2013, 09:02:11 pm »
Hi Marc,

Very classy bow...looks like quite a shooter!  (BTW: Cold down here this year!)

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2013, 09:06:47 pm »
Maybe not perfect, but as close as one can get in my book. Nice!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2013, 09:08:33 pm »
AWESOME!  very inspiring.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2013, 09:29:05 pm »
ERC sure does seem to have a soft spot in her heart for you. I always love those nocks too. Very nice. I bet it smells as good as it looks,  :).
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 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline bow101

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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2013, 09:29:58 pm »
Very nice,  tiller is incredible, guess I'll get there some day.
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Re: Tri Lam ERC
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2013, 09:49:34 pm »
Now that's a bow that beckons "shoot me,and don't set me down" ....love the smootheness,cast,and sweet release of ERC....I couldn't put the one I just made down earlier today shooting it...nothing like a good ole ALB..hard to beat IMO....I glued up a white oak backed ERC blank a few weeks ago and need to finish it up...this might've  released the lack of motivation I've had the last couple weeks to finish a bow ;)