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Title: Moisture content questions??
Post by: Sharp Shooter on August 22, 2013, 10:13:00 AM

Does anyone have any idea what percent moisture content for Koa should be before gluing?? Tony

Title: Re: Moisture content questions??
Post by: wandering monk on August 23, 2013, 07:00:00 PM

Koa is not atypical wood...it is usualy harvested old school and air dried...I have made a lot of projects with them involved...

if you have a moisture tester anything under 8-10% is Ok...but be careful grinding it...it is very sensitive to heat...and can burn very easily.And the burn marks go very deep in a hurry.

west system, smooth on or even gorilla glue does well with it ( GG for a handle)

Title: Re: Moisture content questions??
Post by: Sharp Shooter on August 24, 2013, 06:22:00 AM

Thanks Ted, my block is at 15% now. I'm making a three piece take down recurve using Koa in the riser and mango veneers in the limbs. Tony

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