So I broke my ipe as I stated in another post and have a flattened piece of boo with nothing to glue it to. What other cheap readily available wood could I use. I'm in Canada and Osage is impossible to get for a decent price the only cheap wood is maple, red oak or maybe hickory. Would any of those work?

I'm fellin' bad for ya bro.  I tell you what....  

If you pay the shipping I will give you a piece of Ipe for free.

Let me know if your interested.

That's very generous of you Tenbrook, my grain was good I think my end posts might have been a little high I had them 3.25" higher than mid posts. And my ipe may have been too thick it was 1/2" at flares tapering to 3/8" . Anyway I will let you know how things go on my end and thanks a lot for the offer!!

Tenbrook, that's a terrific gesture.

Good man tenbrook!

If you have any more boo, you can make a trilam with boo on the belly too!  Then use maple (or almost anything) for your core wood.

Hickory will work.  But If possible I'de take tenbrooks offer.  Thats a very generous offer.

good man,Cody!!  

Schmidster, that sucks about your ipe!    :mad:  

Tenbrook, you da man!!! Good on you, sir!      

You could go with hickory, so long as the boo is thin enough to not overpower it. Just a suggestion, but I would look into getting another piece of ipe, and make what you wanted to in the first place.

Either way, you still should get a shooter, so enjoy the ride!

Your Ipe goes out tomorrow via Priority Mail tracking # CF104724943US

Good Luck  

10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 PERFECT SCORE Tenbrook!!!

Tenbrook you are the man!!! I will be taking extra care with this one. I will try to keep up with pics of the process.

Kudos to you tenbrook..Thats great

I know first hand how generous Cody is, he did me right a while back. High 5, Cody.

That right there is what makes TG the place it is