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Offline TimothyR

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Coffee bean stave.
« on: April 02, 2021, 07:24:29 pm »
Can anyone tell me the states on coffee bean? 
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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2021, 09:52:49 pm »
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree)?
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Offline TimothyR

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2021, 12:07:11 am »
Where do I start as far as dimensions. My stave is 67.5"
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2021, 12:31:47 am »
I've never used it but I'd treat it as a whitewood. Your length sounds good.
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2021, 08:19:56 am »
What Pat B said. I've only made one bow from it. It was a narrow stave so I made a lightweight kids bow. Was pretty easy to chase a ring. It likes a heat treat and appeared pretty strong in tension.
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Offline hoosierf

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2021, 09:26:16 am »
I read somewhere that it should be treated like hickory.  Can’t remember where. 
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Offline NicAzana

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Re: Coffee bean stave.
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2021, 08:14:28 am »
You could do a little test for specific gravity and relative tension/compression strength as I did in this thread (broken link, remove space in www part): http://ww w.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,68656.msg963505.html#msg963505

I believe Tim Baker wrote about 'rule of thumb' bow dimensions, based on this test in TTB 4 (or 3?) 

Good luck!

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