For those who have owned or played with it, what is your opinion after all these years?
Dymondwood, your thoughts about the product.
- Thread starter CuesDirectly
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Holds up fine. What specifically and you looking to know?
If there has been anything negative about the product.
It's heavy, that's about it.
As a breaking or jumping material, it is very effective. Makes great joint caps.
I had an 80s Schon with dymondwood points and buttsleeve, looked awesome
Desert Dymondwood is very heavy it is also very toxic wood.
I believe you are talking about olneya tesota or ironwood. Dymondwood is a manufactured laminate.
And didn't their factory burn down and no one yet has a suitable replacement?
How about this place?:
CK Composites | Cast. Wind. Press.
ckcomposites.com
They make this stuff:
Home - ChromaPly® Colored wood laminate made in the USA.
ChromaPly® is the ideal colored wood laminate for your projects demanding strength, stability & beauty. You’ll have the confidence of knowing each project you undertake with ChromaPly® will meet or exceed your expectations.
chromaply.com
Has anyone tried that laminate? I've tried others, cut some 1/4" flat pieces, let them sit for about a year or so, but they warped. How in the hell can a laminate warp?
I might try the chromaply this year on some projects.
Jeff Livingston
Thanks for the great post. Very heavy for a shaft, I agree.
I found a large amount in the Rosewood color and thought it best to ask here in case anything ever went wrong. First thing I did was research the AZ archives and found many positives like yours. Your post helps me to know it has continued to hold up well.
Thanks again, Dave.
But if you were to grind down a Dymondwood butt and smoke it, the plastics would be very toxic. Perhaps the Cowboy is ah, right in his own special way. After all he makes for interesting reading.
Treat everything like it's toxic, that's what I learned at a very young age.
Not sure what you smoke but I will not be grinding it down for that purpose lol, Thanks for the humor.
I have dymondwood rails on my Diamond table for 10 years. No problems whatsoever. In fact my table originally had solid cherry rails and they started to shows cracks along every diamond spot and Diamond replaced the rails with dymondwood and I could not be more pleased
tomatoshooter
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That's a lot of diamonds
Only slightly related, but I thought that Diamond had found a new supplier for dymondwood after the original supplier stopped due to a fire. Is there a new manufacturer?
