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Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Tri lam ?
« on: June 14, 2014, 03:28:15 pm »
I have ipe for my core bamboo to back with and a curly maple riser. My ? Is Will can I use curly maple for the belly lam. And will curly maple hold up if I decided to back a bow with it? Thanks any and all responses will be helpfull
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Tri lam ?
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2014, 03:33:04 pm »
That curl that looks so amazing....that's wild grain in the wood.  The reason it looks so amazing is because you are cutting across the grain VERY often.  While grain violations are not as important on the belly as they are on the back, they are still relevant.  And every grain violation is yet another opportunity for something to go wrong.  But having no firsthand experience, I am only offering what I extrapolate from what other experience I have had with wood.

I'd love to be proven wrong on this one, though.  Being a flintlock shooter, I have a love of curly maple deep in my DNA!
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Tri lam ?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2014, 04:02:00 pm »
You would do much better to do maple as the core and ipe as the belly.
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Badger

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Re: Tri lam ?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2014, 04:40:38 pm »
  What kind of riser would be used on a warbow? I second the ipe for the bellywood, it would be my last choice for a core.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Tri lam ?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2014, 06:03:59 pm »
Quote from: Badger on June 14, 2014, 04:40:38 pm
  What kind of riser would be used on a warbow?

Yeah I didn't catch that! You might of asked this in the wrong forum, you wanna ask this is the general bows forum.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline bambam

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Re: Tri lam ?
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2014, 07:28:46 pm »
Careful with Ipe, the dust is rather toxic. Work with that stuff outdoors wearing a dust mask.
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