Bamboo

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Jack Spinks
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Bamboo

#1 Post by Jack Spinks » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:21 pm

Hey guys, just curious as ive never built a decent homemade bow, we have a bit bamboo we cut down about 3" wide and was wondering if I can make anything decent out of it?? any ideas??
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Re: Bamboo

#2 Post by greybeard » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:14 pm

Jack,

There are over 1000 types of bamboo so some photos of node profile, node spacing and wall thickness would be helpful.

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