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Warbow woods?
Ian.:
Oak isn't worth spending time over, all my early bows were white oak because it was cheap and easy to work but after 30 arrows the bow will all crysled and have massive set.
Bamboo is a really good backing what other woods can you get?
Eastman:
since i live in South Africa i dont have easy access to osage and tropical woods like ipe or purpleheart.
well, i guess the only other really dense woods i have available are rosewood,blackwood,balow ( wich is very dense and theyre sold as thick floor boards) and ''Rhodesia Kiaat'' (im not sure about its name in english, but its also a wood known for its high density)
what about heat treated white oak?? i think ill give that a try, albeit just for experimental purposes.
Ian.:
Afraid I haven't heard of the woods you have mentioned, give them a go one of them must be good.
adb:
Try white oak as a backing material. Make it a 1/4" thick parallel lam. It's suppossed to be nearly as good as hickory. One of the dense hardwoods you mentioned should be compression strong enough for decent belly wood.
A while back (maybe about a year or so ago) there was a guy in S. Africa who was making heavy weight warbows. I can't remember his forum name, but try doing a search under bows or this forum.
CraigMBeckett:
--- Quote from: Ian. on November 01, 2011, 12:35:23 pm ---Oak isn't worth spending time over, all my early bows were white oak because it was cheap and easy to work but after 30 arrows the bow will all crysled and have massive set.
Bamboo is a really good backing what other woods can you get?
--- End quote ---
Surprised to hear you say that Ian.
I will say I have not found any decent white Oak yet so have not used it so have no personal experience with it but have heard and read of plenty of others that have and they report the opposite and say its a good belly wood. One such Bowyer that springs to mind is Alanesq or if you prefer his real name Alan Blackham who I believe uses/use an American Ash backed, American White Oak bellied bow of something like 150LB weight.
Just checked his site the weight of the Ash/Oak bow was 160LB.
http://www.alanesq.com/bsb.htm
Craig.
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