acer platanoides for bow core

alexxxxandras · Post by **alexxxxandras** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:38 pm

what do you think about this kind of wood for asian bow core ? is it good?

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:39 am

This is a variety of Maple. I find this quote about maple timber on Wikipedia:

"Maple wood is also used for the production of wooden baseball bats, though less often than ash or hickory due to the tendency of maple bats to shatter when broken."

This suggests to me that it is not a good wood for making bow limbs, but it can be acceptable for siyahs ir grip.

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jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:46 pm

When broken. The idea is that it should not break.

It is the standard european mapple. It grows big and easy to get straight pieces. It has wood handbook numbers similar to other mapples.

I see no reason why it would not work.

I would also consider hazel as potential as it is hard on tenssion side and diffuse porous.

alexxxxandras · Post by **alexxxxandras** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:33 am

yes in our country its the most popular tree, i think i will try the acer platanoides for my first bow