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Offline BowSlayer

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jatoba?
« on: November 08, 2013, 07:27:20 pm »
Has anyone made or seen a bow made from jatoba. Looks like a nice wood. Just want to know if it will make a bow as I might have access to some.  Thanks
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Offline AH

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Re: jatoba?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 09:16:00 pm »
It can make a nice bow, but a lot of the time I get it chrysaling.
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Offline toomanyknots

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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 09:36:04 pm »
Same here, I had a 40# light weight flatbow chrysal on me for no reason.
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Offline adb

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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 10:03:34 pm »
I've had decent luck with jatoba. All ELBs of moderate weight. Here's one I did last spring... maple backed jatoba, 70" NTN, 48#@27". Minimal set.

The guy wanted a 'yew look-a-like' ELB. As close to yew as possible, without the cost.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2013, 12:08:11 am »
  Good job ADB, thats a good design for Jatoba. Very fast wood but can chrysal very easily if you crowd tiller as i often do. I have made several R/d bows from it, great wood if carefully tillered but most of mine had at least minor chrsaling.
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Offline BowSlayer

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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2013, 04:17:48 am »
Thanks for the response guys.  I might just give it a try. Ill watch out for the chrysals
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Offline BowSlayer

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Re: jatoba?
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2013, 05:13:26 am »
oh yeah sweeeeet bow there Adb! what's the backing?
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: jatoba?
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2013, 06:39:35 am »
Read adb's post...
Quote from: adb on November 08, 2013, 10:03:34 pm
... maple backed jatoba, 70" NTN, 48#@27".

Run a search for jatoba. There is SOO much to be found! It's all right there at your finger tips. You just need to run a search for jatoba, instead of opening a new topic.
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Re: jatoba?
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2013, 08:51:25 am »
Quote from: Badger on November 09, 2013, 12:08:11 am
  Good job ADB, thats a good design for Jatoba. Very fast wood but can chrysal very easily if you crowd tiller as i often do. I have made several R/d bows from it, great wood if carefully tillered but most of mine had at least minor chrsaling.

Thanks, Steve... appreciate the compliment. I made this ELB a bit wider and it has a flat belly... something I don't normally do with ELBs. It also has a small jatoba riser in the grip.
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Offline kevinsmith5

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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2013, 09:45:53 am »
Is that grip area thickened with a glued on piece or am I just seeing a grain line?
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Offline BowSlayer

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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2013, 11:37:49 am »
Ok kinda of topic butdoes anyone know any trustworthy sellers of laminated staves on eBay?
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Offline adb

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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2013, 12:54:23 pm »
I've never see a laminated stave on eBay.
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Offline adb

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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2013, 12:55:09 pm »
Quote from: kevinsmith5 on November 09, 2013, 09:45:53 am
Is that grip area thickened with a glued on piece or am I just seeing a grain line?

Yes. The guy didn't want ANY hand shock, so I built up the riser with another piece of jatoba and made the tiller a bit more elliptical than I normally do. Not bendy handle, like most ELBs.

I treat jatoba kinda like cherry... overbuilt a bit, wider and flatter, and very carefully tillered with lots of exercising between sessions and NO mistakes.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2013, 01:22:00 pm »
  6 or 7 years ago I was at the flight shoots and had not really planned on shooting in a certain event. I had a d/r bamboo backed jatoba in the car about 65# but several chysals in the limbs. I decided to go ahead and shoot it and got a national record with it. It reminds me of black locust a lot the way it works.
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Offline PatM

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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2013, 01:26:46 pm »
BowSlayer, you clearly aren't reading posts to the full. Stop just looking at pictures and read the text.
 I also sense that you are going to try to "contract out" your promise to build a bow for someone. If you can't actually deliver, just say so.
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