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Originally Posted by Flying Whale  ...<snip>...
Any recommendations for glue to use when laminating? I may yet relent and go get some to play with, if only I could spend less time practicing my archery... |
Cascamite is good if you can get hold of it (it was used to glue Mosquito aircraft togehter during the war) - comes as a dry powder and you just add water, but you need far less water than you think so add it very slowly. Alternatively epoxy (araldite) but it is more expensive and you have to make sure youv'e made up enough of it to coat the entire stave. The ssential requirement is that it should be very rigid and inflexible when set since you don't want the two elements to move with respect to one another when the bow bends. Whatever glue, good preparation is the key to success.