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Title: coconuy palm wood
Post by: Ran Man on December 09, 2014, 06:02:00 PM

can it be use in glass bows?

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Post by: Ran Man on December 09, 2014, 06:07:00 PM

coconut palm wood

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Post by: Andy Cooper on December 09, 2014, 06:07:00 PM

I have some black palm I'll be using on a couple of bows...but I don't know what sort of wood the coconut palms have.

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Post by: bjansen on December 09, 2014, 06:54:00 PM

I am sure it can be used for lams.

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Post by: Andy Cooper on December 09, 2014, 09:36:00 PM

I'll be using black palm for risers, but they'll all have a G10 I-beam.

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Post by: Ran Man on December 09, 2014, 10:01:00 PM

I have been looking around on the web and I think it looks like the same thing.I am thinking about putting vaneer on the limbs and for the riser I was going to put an osage flare in the middle so the osage would be in the fade out.
Andy, do you have any pictures of it?

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Post by: bigbob2 on December 09, 2014, 10:30:00 PM

i have used the red palm in both risers and as lams. Great in risers, though a bit like Wenge needs careful sanding and grain filling.Had no real problems using it as a lam either.Looks stunning. Actaully posted couple bows on here while back with some in them.