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Bent Rig:
Great information thanks for sharing ! It's always nice to see how others do what they do through the aid of photography - excellent post ! ;)
yazoo:
great pics, what state is this osage from, looks like a lot of earlywood,, I believe sawing kerfs,can cause problems with staves,,if you only saw the straightest wood, it is the least likely to need kerfs to guide the split, I think the splits need to run there natural course,
Timo:
Yazoo, all this wood is from Mo.Funny thing about the wood here.You can cut one tree, and find bright yellow,with good ratio.Cut another 10' away and it'll have micro rings, and be dark red. makes me scratch my head sometimes. I just take it as it comes. I build lots of bows, in many different ways, so the differences don't bother me. That particular tree did seem to have some thincker early, but the camera makes it look worse than it is,actually they are quite good.
As for sawing kerfs,I stated in my other thread that I know they aren't neccessary on any wood,but I wanted to show others the process of how I do it.Just in case some here wanted to try their hand at it. You know how we all are...Everyone is different? :) Reading the bark of course is the key.
Olschool:
Now all I need is some Osage to cut down ;D
Thanks Timo!
yazoo:
I find the same thing in the older trees, I try to keep to trees that are 20years old to 30 year old I see a lot of trees that are perfect at the ground and 2 ft up are trash,I leave those in the woods,I cut a load yesterday I will post some pics
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