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Offline Jesse

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Cumaru as bow wood
« on: March 02, 2009, 02:40:25 pm »
Anyone tried this? Seems a lot like ipe and Menards is selling it.
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Cumaru as bow wood
« Reply #1 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....... :(
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Re: Cumaru as bow wood
« Reply #2 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.
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