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Title: cedar for core?
Post by: joebuck on May 05, 2013, 07:03:00 PM
Going to make a boo backed and belly 5 lam bow, thinking about using of coarse 2 lams of boo and 2 lams of locust.  Looking at core parralel of red cedar? Or hackbery? Or pecan?  What do yall think? Trying to use native woods from my camp
Title: Re: cedar for core?
Post by: Roy from Pa on May 05, 2013, 07:25:00 PM
Cedar will work, but it's not a very strong wood. But the boo and locust will make up for it.