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kerbinator:
I have a question on bamboo baked bows. Is it necessary to tooth the bamboo and core wood prier to gluing. If yes I will have to get a toothing plane. 3rivers has em for a $100 or so. Is there other alternatives?

Dano:
Yes there are alternatives. I have backed with bamboo with out scoring the surfaces and used Titebond III, don't know if I'd be that wreckless again tho :o. If you feel you have to score the surfaces you can use a hack saw blade to do the work of a toothing plane.

Hillbilly:
Check out the article in the new issue of PA-Jim was using a jigsaw blade clamped upside down on the edge of the workbench to score the glueing surfaces, just pulled the bamboo and core wood across it.

Justin Snyder:
I have never scored a boo backing.  :-X Maybe I am lucky.  Justin

Pat B:
I think it depends on the glue. For glues like Urac you should tooth the surface but with TB glues, they like smooth mating surfaces.  Pat

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