Well, after thinking about it for a while and resourcing many sites on the net I purchased some wood for my new long bow last night..
I'm building a laminated or "lam bow" from hickory strips a friend of mine was nice enough to give me a hand to cut last night on his table saw. NOTE, I'm not to wood working friendly, give me steel ok but wood....
I took a piece of rough hickory 1" x 4" x 6' and ripped strips 1 5/8" wide. I'm thinking the finished bow will be about 1 1/2" at the thickest point. I then took the strips and cut 1/4" strips lengthwise getting 2 from each and a nice small 3mm piece as well. I left one of the strips at apx 3/8" by not cutting 2, 1/4" strips off of it, this will give me lots of options.
So here's the plan, I want a reflex /deflex to be about 40-50Lbs max, a nice long bow to drag out to 3D shoots. I'm planning on using the 3/8" strip as the center section or base. I'm going to sand the strip smooth and attempt to taper the limbs evenly with the narrowest point at the tip. I will then lam a sanded strip to the base with possibly a carbon fiber cloth between the two. I'll attempt to post some pictures as I go... Off to borrow my brother-inlaws sander...
Check out the lam strips here...
http://www.actiontrans.net/strip1.jpg
http://www.actiontrans.net/strip2.jpg
http://www.actiontrans.net/strip3.jpg