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Hamish:
Sapwood on brigalow is fine as long as it hasn't been attacked by bugs, or rot. Tree stave, thinned sapwood down to 1/8"-3/16" , with the heartwood belly makes a really pretty bow. I rate brigalow better than ironbark.

ozy clint:
Next question, unrelated.

I have a brigalow stave with about 2.5" of reflex.

Just approach it as normal? Seems the limbs would be more stressed than a straight stave.
The wood has to work a lot more.

Hamish:
What style of bow do you want to make?   

2.5" of reflex is manageable, pretty much tiller as a straight stave. The only potential hard spot is using a long string on a tillering tree. The bow will try and flip due to the reflex. This can be avoided by adding a clamp at the handle. This stops being an issue once you can get it to about 3" brace height or higher.

ozy clint:
Was thinking Mollegabet again. The clamp thing is a good tip.  8)

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