> But how 'bout if we cut thin laminates of ebony, epoxy them together, > and epoxy the pins in place - similar to what we are currently doing > with maple caps? > Should work as well as maple - or better because the wood is harder? > > Terry Farrell I suppose it depends. How hard and dimensionally stable is enough, and where do you go beyond the point of diminishing returns in cost and workability for the benefit derived? If the result is initial performance similar to laminated maple, with a similar statistical longevity, it seems unnecessarily wasteful when we could be looking at other existing composites. The good thing about maple is that it's available, affordable, workable with our existing tools, and works pretty well as an epoxy laminated material to minimize the problems inherent in traditional solid wood bridge caps. Want exotic? How about something like this? http://www.permalidehoplast.co.uk/permali.html Ready to go, just rip it up and glue it on. We're probably working too hard... Ron N
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