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Offline simson

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2015, 04:19:16 pm »
Nice to see you here again dantolin ... and of course a bow of you.
Incredible how little wood it takes to make a serious bow. Cool work man!
I was this year in Madeira for holidays and saw a lot of laurel woods there  ... too bad I couldn't it take with me.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2015, 04:36:53 pm »
Very nice, I love the simplicity.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #17 on: August 19, 2015, 01:44:38 am »
I love little branch and sapling bows.  There's just something neat about em.  The just look like stick to me.  Great job on this one :)
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2015, 05:28:26 pm »
Apparently the California Bay Laurel is a 'cousin' of the Mediterranean Laurel, ...but alas has a wood noted for being rather weak, though beautiful and excellent for building guitars (...called 'tonewood' by luthiers). 


Average Dried Weight: 40 lbs/ft3 (635 kg/m3)
Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .51, .63
Janka Hardness: 1,270 lbf (5,650 N)
Modulus of Rupture: 9,700 lbf/in2 (66.9 MPa)
Elastic Modulus: 1,225,000 lbf/in2 (8.45 GPa)
Crushing Strength: 5,640 lbf/in2 (38.9 MPa)

The Florida version is actually in the Cherry or Prunus family, and not related to the Mediterranean one  - but it may make a decent bow.  ...though I cannot find good data on the wood's properties. :( 

Edited to add - I've never built a bow out of any of these so feel free to ignore me completely on the above statements.  :)  I'm going purely off of internet based research...

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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2015, 09:43:08 pm »
nice bow.  Like it plain and simple.  well done.
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Offline dantolin

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2015, 02:07:47 am »
Thanks all of you, really :)
Simson, it's a shame you didn't take some Madeira's laurel ;) ... next time?!
And thank you for the information, Onebowonder.

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Offline Forest_Farmer

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Re: Laurel branch bow.
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2015, 09:16:02 am »
I like this simple type primitive style bow. Great job!
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