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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: JamesV on November 06, 2010, 03:25:00 PM

Title: Yellow Heart
Post by: JamesV on November 06, 2010, 03:25:00 PM
Has anyone used yellowheart for and all wood bow? Bamboo backed with a Yellow heart core???
Title: Re: Yellow Heart
Post by: GREG IN MALAD on November 06, 2010, 09:27:00 PM
I built a bamboo backed yellowheart bow several years ago, it worked fine, not as strong in compression as osage but better than hickory.
Title: Re: Yellow Heart
Post by: fish n chicks on November 07, 2010, 10:41:00 AM
Yellow heart is awesome stuff. And it's beautiful. Careful sanding it though, too fast and you'll burn your material. Finish it with some sort of poly, and you'll get a very deep finish. Good luck.
Title: Re: Yellow Heart
Post by: JamesV on November 07, 2010, 11:26:00 AM
Thanks guys, guess I will get this bow out and do some tillering. Glued up about a year ago and   never finished it.