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Offline pincushin

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Zebra for a belly wood
« on: June 01, 2014, 12:45:19 pm »
I have sone straitened grained zebra wood would it work for a belly wood on an elb
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Zebra for a belly wood
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 12:56:00 pm »
What do you mean "straightened grained zebra wood"?  Pics will give us a better idea of what you have than just you trying to describe it.   I'm not familiar with the compression properties of zebra wood so I can't tell you anything about it as a bow wood, lam or self.
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Re: Zebra for a belly wood
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 02:28:32 pm »
I've just used it for tip overlays and risers, but just from working it it does not seem to have the properties of good bow wood. And I think I have seen this opinion on other threads as well. Seems very soft and I have to be careful rasping as the wood can just pull apart on the grain lines. Obviously I can't speak to its elastic properties, but it seems pretty far from ipe or Osage in terms of belly woods.
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Zebra for a belly wood
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2014, 03:56:32 am »
Seems to Me, that Matt (Wirwicki) tried it backed with Hickory once a few years ago - the belly Chrysaled horribly. Bob
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Re: Zebra for a belly wood
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2014, 04:10:38 am »
It makes a good core wood.
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