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Title: soft maple for selfbows
Post by: Cody Roiter on May 12, 2009, 10:05:00 AM

Hello Guys, last year I cut myself some soft maple that i was going to use for making lam.. But I been wanting to make myself a self bow and wanted to know if soft maple was any good for making self bows... I was thinking of maybe backing it with some bamboo or glass....

Thanks for the help,

Cody

Title: Re: soft maple for selfbows
Post by: Pat B on May 12, 2009, 11:11:00 AM

Cody, you can make a selfbow with soft maple(red?) with the right design but to me, it wouldn't be worth the effort. Backing it with boo or glass would make it less likely to succeed. Both are way to strong for soft maple.

Title: Re: soft maple for selfbows
Post by: Cody Roiter on May 12, 2009, 07:54:00 PM

Pat so you are saying I should or should not back it ?.....

Thanks,

cody

Title: Re: soft maple for selfbows
Post by: Pat B on May 12, 2009, 10:39:00 PM

Not with boo or glass. A silk  or linen might help hold it together. I don't know the properties of the soft maples.