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razorsharptokill:
 There must be a reason that no one is doing this I suppose. I have never seen any. It would seem that if it was a good choice there would be some seen. Too weak spine properties?

Mesophilic:
My guess would be that it'd only be as strong as the glue holding the bamboo lams together making it a risky endeavor.

razorsharptokill:
Flooring is a solid aprox 5/8" plank.

Hawkdancer:
Best way to find out is try a couple and see if it works.  May not be worth the effort, or it could be a source of good straight shafts!
Hawkdancer

Mesophilic:
I'm not up to speed on the regulsr changes in flooring industry but all of the bamboo flooring I've looked at is made in a process similar to this:

  ttps://www.builddirect.com/learning-center/flooring/how-bamboo-flooring-made/
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Not sure what the boiling and steaming would do for its dynamic integrity.   But I am fairly certain that your safety will rely on trusting their laminating process if you use a product like this.  Approach with caution, we have alot of very creative DIY people in archery and sometimes there's a reason why you can't find much info on a tooic/product.

But then again, maybe this is the answer to my problem of wood and bamboo shafts breaking all the time from being too dry.

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