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Offline JamesV

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Balsa wood
« on: July 12, 2011, 04:31:00 PM »
Has anyone used Balsa wood for a laminated glass bow? I have a piece 3"X3"X6'. The post on foam cores got me to thinking, this might work. What do you guys think?
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Offline Aznboi3644

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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 05:25:00 PM »
balsa wood is too weak.

I compresses like marshmallows and would most likely shear all to hell in a glass bow.
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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 08:50:00 PM »
As an experiment, I say try it. You may need to have a thin parallel veneer and then the balsa. The amount of work the core is doing falls of geometrically as you move in from the surface. The glass is doing most of the work in a FG bow.
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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 09:26:00 PM »
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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 10:21:00 PM »
Trust me and do not do this thing. (Grin)

God bless you, Steve
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Offline 2treks

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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 10:22:00 PM »
Steve! you didn't?
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Re: Balsa wood
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2011, 10:54:00 PM »
Nope, Twernt me. However I do know someone that did. But he will have to tell that story. It didn/t work was the end result. LOL In a rather radical fashion.
God bless you all, Steve
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