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Cuban degame ( lemonwood) as a backing?

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Badger:
 Eddie, I did the first bow as a bellywood and it seems a tad weak in compression. It made a nice bow but no barn burner. I backed it with hickory.

mikekeswick:
I've also found lemonwood to be a little poor in compression. A lot of elb's are made with it as the bellywood here in the UK but I personally don't really rate it. If they want something yellow then it's pau amerillo for me  ;)
I've seen a few old lemonwood backed lemonwood bows. The backings have all been about an 1/8th thick. I can't think of the maker's name now though....

Aussie Yeoman:
Badger, did you ever back another bow with Lemonwood?

Here in Australia, there is reportedly a vendor that will be selling lemonwood boards 1 /34 by 5 inches for $23 per meter (about 40 inches).

I'd be interested to hear of your experiments in backing with it.

Dave

duke3192:
I've recycled a couple of old lemonwood bows that I got off ebay, I cleaned them up and backed them with bamboo and they came out real nice. A 65"ntn Hill style American longbow @48#'s @28", and a youth bow 52"ntn, 30#'s @20". I don't know about what you can get now, but the old stuff is very tight grained and imo is better than hickory as a belly wood.

Aussie Yeoman:
I knew it was good for a belly material, I was wondering how it worked out as a backing material. Certainly not as good as Hickory or bamboo of course, but perhaps to back some of the lighter woods with suspect grain.

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