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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lucasade on September 28, 2015, 01:48:40 pm

Title: Monkey puzzle
Post by: Lucasade on September 28, 2015, 01:48:40 pm

I'm cutting down a monkey puzzle tree (araucaria araucana) for someone in a couple of weeks and it's got a lovely straight trunk. Is it useful for anything beyond firewood?

Title: Re: Monkey puzzle
Post by: autologus on September 28, 2015, 02:17:55 pm

Isn't that species considered endangered?

Grady

Title: Re: Monkey puzzle
Post by: Lucasade on September 28, 2015, 02:26:17 pm

Not in a garden in Warwickshire...

Title: Re: Monkey puzzle
Post by: DavidV on September 28, 2015, 03:24:52 pm

It has a lower Specific gravity than Yellow pine and half the Janka hardness, I wouldn't make a bow out of it. Maybe you could get some straight billets for arrows.

Title: Re: Monkey puzzle
Post by: mullet on September 28, 2015, 04:55:10 pm

It's not protected here and is a nuisance. You don't want to step on the leaves barefooted.

Title: Re: Monkey puzzle
Post by: Lucasade on September 29, 2015, 02:12:41 am

Those were the lines I was thinking along - thank you.