Bocote for limb laminations

[4 point]

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

[Bob Sarrels]

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

[kennym]

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

[sulphur]

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.
 

[strungstick]

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.

[4 point]

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