You can,,,I made a few white oak board bows,,,what I did was run the board through the planer,then I ripped an1/8" strip off of the board,,,,I then flipped the backing strip end over end and glued it back down then shaped the bow out on the band saw as usual ,,worked good ,,,I love white oak! ,,,,,I realize you are making a tri ,,,but your choice of wood imho is exellent combo !,jeffw