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bubbles
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Re: Anybody tried "Roasted" Lumber?
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December 01, 2013, 10:23:29 pm »
Well, I do have a nice long maple board. I could cut it down to 2 mini bows, throw one in the oven, and try tosimulate the process.
. Keep the the other standard. Worst case: I end up with kids bow and one broken bow. I will get on this.
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WhitefeatherFout
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Re: Anybody tried "Roasted" Lumber?
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December 02, 2013, 09:49:31 am »
I have worked with this wood some and I'm not sure I would invest a lot of time or money just to see if it would make a bow, I have serious doubts. The process is used mainly for instruments as mentioned earlier. My experience is with it being used as a neck wood, curly and Birdseye maple. The cooking process actually caramelizes the sugars in the wood which gives it a consistent color throughout. I have tried to use this wood as a handle on a bow and haven't had much luck with it taking glue. I've also had the wood check very bad after leaving it unsealed in board form. It is a cool looking wood though.
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December 02, 2013, 12:40:24 pm »
Interesting. It just seems so similar to heat treating(albeit for a much longer time and much more uniform) that I think I should try it. I never thought about it not taking glue. I wonder why that would be?
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WhitefeatherFout
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December 02, 2013, 04:29:48 pm »
I'm not sure why it wouldn't take glue. I tried TB and a two part epoxy, Gorrilla brand I think. Urac or smoothon may work. I know Fender Guitars uses the cooked wood for necks and they must have something to hold the fret board on. The wood I have is very slow grown, dense Birdseye maple. It would be interesting to know if you can make it work. You got me curious now. I may have to go test some tonight.
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