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Title: Wenge as a core lam?
Post by: cool_98_555 on February 18, 2017, 12:46:05 pm

Hello everybody,

Thinking of making a trilam or quadlam and want to put wenge in the core with osage on the belly and bamboo on the back.  Any experiences with wenge before?  I've heard it was a little on the brittle side but not sure.

Title: Re: Wenge as a core lam?
Post by: Pat B on February 18, 2017, 01:56:18 pm

I've never used wenge but as a center lam it should be OK. The core lam is in a neutral plane I think.

Title: Re: Wenge as a core lam?
Post by: Bob Barnes on February 18, 2017, 03:59:12 pm

one of my favorite BBOs has a core lam of wenge... it's porous and shows a few pores but works great... and has for over a decade.

Title: Re: Wenge as a core lam?
Post by: Springbuck on February 18, 2017, 06:34:19 pm

  Fine for a core.  It's a little brittle for a belly, and you have to make sure the grain really IS how it LOOKS, if that makes sense.

Title: Re: Wenge as a core lam?
Post by: Aaron H on February 18, 2017, 07:59:18 pm

Dang Bob, that thing is sweet