WOOD Magazine Article - Attn Bow-Makers

[B M A]

Reading thru the new WOOD magazine this evening there is a cool article on a full size car made of wood.  To the cool part.  They show a pic (see below) of the leaf springs being laminated, OSAGE ORANGE was the wood of choice. Anyway the caption on the photo says "Borrowed from Bow-Makers" and states below the photo "Bow-makers prize this tough wood for it's strength & flexibility".  I would say they think it is tough.  They say they are 400 inch-lb. leaf springs, that's alot of strain put on the wood...........
Thought it was a nice plug for us.
 

[Dave Bulla]

He he he!!!! Cool.

Wonder what the draw weigh on that puppy will be?

[guzzi2000]

Hope they didn't violate a ring.  :eek:

[Eric Krewson]

I wonder if they will have any "spring follow" with their finished product.

[bbassi]

that's cool but I wonder what the point is? I find it hard to believe that wood (yes even Osage) can out perform modern steel alloys in this application. There has to be more to the story.

[ChuckC]

If the idea takes off, forget getting wood for another Osage bow.
ChuckC

[Jeremy]

Brent, do a Google search for "Splinter wooden car"  Neat stuff.  Done basically just to see if it could be done.

[B M A]

bbassi - There is more to the story.  They built a complete full size car out of wood, springs included.....  As Jeremy said do a google search for "Splinter wooden car"

[Dave521]

check it oput, here is the sight for it, kind of a neat idea LOL don't know if I would want the girlfreind driving it though    

 http://www.joeharmondesign.com/index.html