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- Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:52 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Making my 1st bow: need help sourcing wood + more
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Re: Making my 1st bow: need help sourcing wood + more
These things are all true, but a bit less so in the bamboo decking boards as opposed to the floor boards. The decking only comes in vertical laminations, and I think they disrupt the grain less, as well as using less preservative chemicals. True it won't chuck an arrow like hickory or elm, but it's ...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 4:11 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Making my 1st bow: need help sourcing wood + more
- Replies: 16
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Re: Making my 1st bow: need help sourcing wood + more
Hi Jordan. As a fellow beginner bowyer, if you're after something that works easy and unlikely to break (especially with a mollegabet design) you may want to try vertical bamboo decking boards. Most hardware stores over here in Melbourne stock it ungrooved. They are basically 100% straight grain, an...