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Title: spruce lams
Post by: inksoup on April 29, 2011, 04:21:00 AM
hi guys,

i have bought some spruce lams yesterday.
3 X 30 X 950 mm (6 of them) and 5 X 30 X 950 mm (two of them).
do you think spruce is good enough to build a laminated bow.

layers are like this from top to down for one limb:

->denim backing (if i can find bamboo backing, not very hopefully)
->3 mm spruce
->5 mm spruce

i have checked its elasticity values it is very close to maple.