Quote from: harry 62 on Today at 07:34:41 PMdo you think cedar would hold up?

I played with redwood before, which is about as close to red cedar as you can get and quite frankly i think it's just too soft and doesn't have good enough compression strength or shear strength to make decent core wood. 

I tried a balsa wood core on some carbon limbs once and they blew up just stringing the limbs.

I built quite a few years ago using old growth CVG douglas fir that held up fine, but that was some rare stock that was originally milled in the early 1900's and very tight vertical grain. I don't think you cab even buy that quality anymore. No more old growth fir hitting the mills.

I'll be there. I'll take pictures and give you a full report.

I just ordered a Kangaroo Crossover with buffalo inserts after talking with Lori. This will be my first Crossover after years with my Elk Big Shots. Can't wait to shoot the new glove.

do you think cedar would hold up?

it would probably work fine, but it's pretty heavy in mass weight and different grain configuration could be a factor in thicker lams.

My favorite glove is the Kangaroo crossover, I have 2, one with inserts, one without. The one with is for my 55# bows. The other for my 40#-45# bows. That glove was my first crossover that is more than 10 years old. I finally needed new fingers so I had the inserts left out. Mine are custom fit as well, fingers say medium but my hand says large so I had a longer strap put on. Cost me $20 to have the glove refurbished, I think that is more than fair considering it looks brand new. I also have an elk leather glove made by the original owner. I had it refurbished as well. Only the straps are a different color but that glove is going on 20 years I think.

what do you guys think about osage for a core wood?

- Your draw length: 29"

- Desired draw weight within a 5-10 pound range: 55lb desired ill take anything from 50-65

- Right handed

- Whether you will be building a glass, wood, one piece, or takedown bow for the trade:
     Will make a glass 2 piece takedown using fiberglass sleeve method  (first time for everything time to cut a perfectly good bow in half)

I dont mind having dedicated bow rack for Osage bows but i did recieve osage selfbows back to back years and i have some of my own projects. Ill take a glassbow or a non osage selfbow please and thank you.

It's in Pendleton Oregon on 2/13-15 2026 .... unfortunately I can't attend but hopefully anyone going can tell us all about it 

I'll probably decide to build my own, but I'm interested in what you find as I'm in the same 31" boat.  The bow I have now is 68"NTN, and I would definitely like one a bit shorter, particularly for some of the tree stands I have.