bamboo flooring?

[bubby]

so sam, when you said you used it foe boo backed board bows you were backing the vert bamboo flooring with a bamboo backing strip?

[rdnymllr]

does anyone have pics to show the difference in verticly and horizontily stacked bamboo?

[Sam Harper]

bubby, yes, that's right.

rdnymllr, go to ifloors.com, and you can see pictures of horizontal and vertical grain bamboo flooring.

[hova]

try horizontal for a backing...delam it first then use a slice...if you get whole fibers they shouldnt lift...

[JamesV]

I backed a R/D hickory longbow with action boo and the bamboo broke at full draw. The hickory held but it stressed so bad it couldn't be saved.

[AZ_Shooter]

So would this flooring work for making a board bow?

http://www.ifloor.com/item_438274/bamboo-flooring/bamboo-garden/classic-6-/vertical-carbonized-6.html

[Jeremy]

A board bow... probably not unless it's really long and low poundage.

A backed bow - definitely.  You need something on the back that's tension safe: hickory or raw boo work.

The only issue I have with using this stuff in non-glass bows is that it's weaker in compression than red oak and you have to treat it as such.  make it wider, trap the back and expect to still lose more of the reflex you glue in.  I've yet to see it crysal though, even when tortured.

[AZ_Shooter]

Thanks Jeremy.

[AZ_Shooter]

Peter,

Would please provide us with the particulars (dimensions, design, etc.) of the board bow that you built from vertical stacked bamboo flooring?

[hova]

im pretty sure if it was split well enough and you had a thin enough layer it would work , it might be way too much work to get it functional , but its definitely possible...

[rbbhunt]

Check with Lumber Liquidators  http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1922&categoryId=447§ionId=2&subCategoryId=0

[Johan van Niekerk]

OK now you guys scared me. I've been using horizontal grain to make core lams and have had no problems yet. I also have a friend using the same and his bows are all doing fine too. Who personally had the horizontal grain boo delaminate on them? Or is this mostly "hearsay"?