> 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... Well, I guess that shoots my theory on petrified wood requiring millions of years to form...... Veeeeddddy Interesting..... Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- >> 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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