is the colored wood they used in the old bears risers impregnated with some kind of stabalizing compound? if so what did they use? thanks
You should check out Rutland Plywood. It's a place in Vermont that makes the wood for some Bear bows. You may find the info your looking for. They advertise the new Dymondwood which is made from birch.
thanks shane ive used there wood on my risers before. i was more wandering what there process was in the early 70s
It may take me a little while but I can try and find out as it is a local manufacturer near me. I used to work for Carris Reels right nextdoor. Have seen baseball bats and gun stocks made of the old "future wood"
According the the RR1Grayling video it was a resin impregnated maple
What Robert said; resin-impregnated maple. Dyes could be added to the resin to give the different colors of the risers. Futurewood was made from solid blocks of maple, Dymondwood is made much like a plywood---if you look at them side by side it is easy to see the different characteristics each has.
Future wood was and is a dyed and resin stabilized solid wood.(not laminanated)
Bear started it and if I am right, it then went to Bighorn who called it Ramwood, Bob Lee and now Ron Pittsley at Predator bows.
http://www.huntersniche.com/predator_futurewood
http://www.hightemptools.com/nelsonite.html
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