Hi guys,
i've recently bought some steamed walnut and have cut lamination strips (.012) out of that. Until now i've always used untreated wood for making laminations.
When comparing the flexibility now (manually bending) of my new laminations against those old ones, i think they're weaker now.
Questions are: Has anyone of you used steamed wood for laminations? Is it physically modified in the steaming process in such a way that it's improper for building bows afterwards? Or are there any other issues with using such lams?
! I'm just talking about industrially steamed wood, not about homemade steaming for bending purposes or such. That process uses temperatures between 170 and 200 degree F and goes over a long time (weeks).
thx reini