Guys the other day I was thinking of trying to make a bow out of Red Elm and Bamboo. So I bought a real nice Red Elm stave and want to try and back it with a piece of Bamboo. Anybody out there ever try  this combo. The stave is 66" long. I want to make it in the flatbow design if it can be done. 50 lb. range. Give me some dimensions on width of limbs ect. Also I will try and put a little reflex in the limbs. My previous experience with Red Elm was not good. Lots of string follow.  Dean

A great combo IMO! Only built one with red elm but I was impressed with it's performance. Bow was 64" ntn with 1 1/2" width limbs. Give it a try, don't think you'll be disappointed.-ART B

You'll want to get the boo really thin so it doesn't over power the elm belly.

it should be a good one Dean... looking forward to seeing it done.
Bob

and i'm lookin foward to u killing somthin with it!!