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Offline Dave521

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cedar and Glass bow
« on: September 09, 2008, 08:57:00 PM »
I just got given a large number of cedar laminations and was wondering if anyone knows if a cedar laminated recurve with E-Glass front and back would work out ok, I hate to just burn them, they are some good looking Lams, a nice variety of thicknesses too, unfortunately I think they are all parallels. any opinions??? I might even try doing my first build along

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2008, 05:17:00 AM »
I know they will work well in a longbow!

 

 

 
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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2008, 06:28:00 AM »
I've made a few longbows with cedar also.  They've worked out well so far.  If you use them, wrap them in paper as soon as you done grinding them, until you lay them up.  Exposure to light will make them "brown up".  Keeping them wrapped will keep them more purpleish.


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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2008, 09:30:00 AM »
Are you talking Eastern Red Cedar, Western Red Cedar or White Cedar? There is a big difference. Apex and Ethan are both talking about ERC. It makes good glass bows but also self bows and all wood lam bows.    Pat
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Offline Dave521

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2008, 04:47:00 AM »
I was talking about western red cedar, at this point in time I have somewhere in the vacinity of 24 matched pairs of cedar parellel lams ready to be used to make bows, still cheking the rest LOL some might end up getting shaved down a bit or used to make a kids bow, beautiful wood, more red than purple though

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2008, 07:07:00 AM »
You could thin them down and use them for vaneers.  Then use something else as a core. Chad

Offline Tom Anderson

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2008, 09:59:00 AM »
Cedar, particularly eastern red cedar, is some purty stuff on bows!
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Offline Dave521

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2008, 03:43:00 AM »
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You could thin them down and use them for vaneers. Then use something else as a core. Chad
I was thinking about this, came up with the idea of using a wood I know to be extremely resiliant and flexible, western tamarrac. what do you guys think? you guys are the pro's I am just a nooby lerning the ropes.

Offline NightHawk

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Re: cedar and Glass bow
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2008, 09:31:00 AM »
not sure but you can send some to me and I'll try them out   :bigsmyl:
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