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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jesse on March 02, 2009, 02:40:25 pm

Title: Cumaru as bow wood
Post by: Jesse on March 02, 2009, 02:40:25 pm

Anyone tried this? Seems a lot like ipe and Menards is selling it.

Title: Re: Cumaru as bow wood
Post by: El Destructo on March 02, 2009, 02:52:56 pm

Menards....Now there is a Lumberyard you don't hear about anywheres in the South!!!! I miss the one in Marquette....they handle all kinds of Hardwoods....Home Depot and Lowes don't have anything but Tulip Poplar and red Oak here....... :(

Title: Re: Cumaru as bow wood
Post by: JackCrafty on March 02, 2009, 03:07:31 pm

Almost tried it once.  They sell it at the place where I buy my ipe.  Anyway, the cumaru had grain that was too wild, so I didn't buy it.  The mechanical properties of the wood look promising though.