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Offline vinemaplebows

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Sapale as a bow wood?
« on: February 09, 2013, 12:34:02 pm »
A wood I know little about as far as it's use in belly wood, anyone with any expirience?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2013, 01:02:49 pm »
I've never heard of sapale. Does it have another name?
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Offline danny f

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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 03:09:00 pm »
i think he means sapele, i was looking at a laminated stave on ebay that had a sapele core. i think it is like a cheap type of mahogany, i have no idea how good it is for making bows though.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 03:09:28 pm »
Oops...... Sapele is the correct spelling....so yes, guess it has a different name. :laugh:
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Offline turtle

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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2013, 03:14:36 pm »
Info i came up with on it says it has interlocking grain,SG 0.55, strength similar to red oak. Might be worth a try.
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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2013, 02:01:42 pm »
Funny you posted this wood as I have used it for riser and overlays and love the grain and color. My custom trim shop guy gave me a piece over 8' x 2". I was going to play with. maybe back with boo for one and w/oak as another. Cadillac used it in the dash accents on some of their cars.
The middle Ipe bow, bottom piece of riser is sapele.
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Re: Sapale as a bow wood?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2013, 04:33:03 pm »
Funny this should be posted, now. I have never worked with it, but my neighbor was over at my shop yesterday and we were discussing various woods I had stacked up (ipe, massuranduba, etc.) and how bad their respective sawdust was for the lungs and sinuses. He asked if I had ever worked this wood. (His dad is a wood worker) He said the sawdust from it is some really bad stuff.
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