Originally Posted by
Pawildman
....... Not at all. Laminated stocks have a far less tendency to warp or twist than a straight-grained stock. Hence the reason you see a lot of bench-rest and heavy varmint rigs wearing laminated..... even the sporting industry now offers a selection.
Yes, I understand about laminated stocks, but aren't they always laminated in a directional pattern. I don't ever think I've seen a stock with so much checkerboarding and patterning like that.
A little for decoration but not that much. Live and learn I guess.
It just seems you'd be asking all the strength from the glue and not much from the wood.
I mean, if I laid three 1"x3"s that were 4 ' long together and glued them up I'd expect them to be stronger than one solid 4' piece of 3"x3". But I wouldn't expect that 16 3"x3" square blocks glued end to end to create a 48" long piece would be very strong.
Thanks how that piece strikes me. Pretty but iffy.