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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on July 26, 2010, 02:40:07 pm

Title: wood id
Post by: ken75 on July 26, 2010, 02:40:07 pm

after expirencing a minor fiber seperation this morn ,i went to my shop and picked up a board i had thought was ipe (rough cut) it was super dense but after ripping it the grain looked similar to oak but not red. anyways it was quarter sawn so i made a bow with it this ones a little stiff in the limb tips but i have the intention of recurving it and jackin the lbs over the forty it is now ,so i left them stiff for now. stats are 1 1/4 wide 66in t to t , tapering last 15 inches

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Title: Re: wood id
Post by: gutpile on July 26, 2010, 03:48:52 pm

grain kinda looks like sycamore...gut
 

Title: Re: wood id
Post by: Pat B on July 26, 2010, 05:09:11 pm

Get from mid limb out bending more on each limb.
  Not sure what the wood is but I don't think it is oak...at least not a common oak.