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meanewood:
I have got an Elm stave ready seasoned to go but the heartwood is very deep into the wood (35mm).
I was planning to chase a ring down in order to get some heartwood all along the belly. Elm looks great with the sapwood / heartwood combination but is the heartwood better for compression than the sapwood in Elm? I'm hoping to get around the 100lb mark with this bow but have not made an all sapwood Elm bow before!
Any thoughts from you guys would be appreciated.

meanewood:
Must say, I'm underwelmed by the response so far!
Can anyone tell me if the sapwood on Elm is as good on the belly as the heartwood?

Joec123able:
Sorry don't know anything about elm hope someone who does will chime in here soon

mikekeswick:
Elm sapwood will work fine as for the heartwood i'm afraid i've never bothered to chase a ring on elm to get any in a bow.
I did once see a lovely longbow made with a heartwood belly on paleoplanet but it was a long time ago. Maybe go on there and try searching for it.

}|{opukc:
And heartwood and sapwood will work well for belly for elm bow - no need to chase rings. Yes, the bow looks very good with the heartwood, but that does not change the quality.

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