Moisture content questions??

[Sharp Shooter]

Does anyone have any idea what percent moisture content for Koa should be before gluing?? Tony

[wandering monk]

Koa is not atypical wood...it is usualy harvested old school and air dried...I have made a lot of projects with them involved...

if you have a moisture tester anything under 8-10% is Ok...but be careful grinding it...it is very sensitive to heat...and can burn very easily.And the burn marks go very deep in a hurry.

west system, smooth on or even gorilla glue does well with it ( GG for a handle)

[Sharp Shooter]

Thanks Ted, my block is at 15% now. I'm making a three piece take down recurve using Koa in the riser and mango veneers in the limbs. Tony