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by Tracer
Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:52 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

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 ...
by Tracer
Sun Jan 03, 2016 4:11 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Making my 1st bow: need help sourcing wood + more
Replies: 16
Views: 9656

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...