jatoba?

[BowSlayer]

Has anyone made or seen a bow made from jatoba. Looks like a nice wood. Just want to know if it will make a bow as I might have access to some.  Thanks

[AH]

It can make a nice bow, but a lot of the time I get it chrysaling.

[toomanyknots]

Same here, I had a 40# light weight flatbow chrysal on me for no reason.

[adb]

I've had decent luck with jatoba. All ELBs of moderate weight. Here's one I did last spring... maple backed jatoba, 70" NTN, 48#@27". Minimal set.

The guy wanted a 'yew look-a-like' ELB. As close to yew as possible, without the cost.

[Badger]

  Good job ADB, thats a good design for Jatoba. Very fast wood but can chrysal very easily if you crowd tiller as i often do. I have made several R/d bows from it, great wood if carefully tillered but most of mine had at least minor chrsaling.

[BowSlayer]

Thanks for the response guys.  I might just give it a try. Ill watch out for the chrysals

[BowSlayer]

oh yeah sweeeeet bow there Adb! what's the backing?

[DarkSoul]

Read adb's post...

... maple backed jatoba, 70" NTN, 48#@27".

Run a search for jatoba. There is SOO much to be found! It's all right there at your finger tips. You just need to run a search for jatoba, instead of opening a new topic.

[adb]

  Good job ADB, thats a good design for Jatoba. Very fast wood but can chrysal very easily if you crowd tiller as i often do. I have made several R/d bows from it, great wood if carefully tillered but most of mine had at least minor chrsaling.

Thanks, Steve... appreciate the compliment. I made this ELB a bit wider and it has a flat belly... something I don't normally do with ELBs. It also has a small jatoba riser in the grip.

[kevinsmith5]

Is that grip area thickened with a glued on piece or am I just seeing a grain line?

[BowSlayer]

Ok kinda of topic butdoes anyone know any trustworthy sellers of laminated staves on eBay?

[adb]

I've never see a laminated stave on eBay.

[adb]

Is that grip area thickened with a glued on piece or am I just seeing a grain line?

Yes. The guy didn't want ANY hand shock, so I built up the riser with another piece of jatoba and made the tiller a bit more elliptical than I normally do. Not bendy handle, like most ELBs.

I treat jatoba kinda like cherry... overbuilt a bit, wider and flatter, and very carefully tillered with lots of exercising between sessions and NO mistakes.

[Badger]

  6 or 7 years ago I was at the flight shoots and had not really planned on shooting in a certain event. I had a d/r bamboo backed jatoba in the car about 65# but several chysals in the limbs. I decided to go ahead and shoot it and got a national record with it. It reminds me of black locust a lot the way it works.

[PatM]

BowSlayer, you clearly aren't reading posts to the full. Stop just looking at pictures and read the text.
 I also sense that you are going to try to "contract out" your promise to build a bow for someone. If you can't actually deliver, just say so.