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Title: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: 4 point on June 25, 2009, 02:00:00 PM

Will Bocote work for a limb wood or is it only for veneers over a core wood? If it will work how does it perform compared to other limb woods?
Thanks Travis

Title: Re: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: Bob Sarrels on June 25, 2009, 06:09:00 PM

I use bocote quite a bit in limbs.  Only for the veneers.  less than .004.  Looks great and works fine.

Title: Re: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: kennym on June 25, 2009, 06:16:00 PM

I'm with Bob! Looks great,but a bit heavy unless used for veneers.

Title: Re: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: sulphur on June 26, 2009, 10:24:00 PM

i don't know. i have made a few with fairly thick lams (.080 x 2 ) in a one piece recurve and in r/d longbows. never noticed a loss in performance.  although its obvious i don't have as much experience as kenny and bob.
 (http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG1867.jpg)

Title: Re: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: strungstick on June 27, 2009, 12:38:00 AM

I've made both longbows and T/D recurves with Bocote cores and they shot pretty well.  One T/D in particular shot very nice.

Title: Re: Bocote for limb laminations
Post by: 4 point on June 27, 2009, 01:08:00 AM

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to go with maple.
Travis