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Offline CanadianDIYer

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Maple wood bows
« on: April 28, 2011, 12:56:04 am »
Has anyone made a selfbow out of maple wood? I Just bought some wood for a project and had enough left over for a bow, Has anyone ever made one out of Maple? How did it work out?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 01:05:28 am »
I did a 40# ELB with a thin hickory backing.  It took an inch and a half set, shot sweet and eventually ended up in the hands of a lovely young lady that shoots it better than I ever did. 

Others here have had good luck too.  If the grain is questionable, back it!

Go for it!
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 01:53:36 am »
Maple is all I've used so far, but all 3 have been board bows.  Maple makes a nice bow.
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Offline NTProf

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2011, 02:53:39 am »
maple is my favorite bow wood.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2011, 07:42:32 am »
maple makes a great, fast bow, and purtty to, Bub
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 09:07:45 am »
Maple is good - as long as the grain is straight.
Run a search for "maple" on this forum. You will get plenty of hits.
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Offline DEllis

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Re: Maple wood bows
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2011, 03:38:55 pm »
I have made several hard maple board bows and quite a few stave bows from douglas maple(mountain maple) as well as a couple from vine maple. One of my favorite woods, quite strong in tension. Try it, you'll like it. ;D
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