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mullet:
 If we had Osage here I'd take it to a Saw mill and have it cut. I do the same with Eastern Red Cedar.

Eric Krewson:
If you get a 3 tpi, skip tooth blade for your bandsaw, it will walk through your osage like it was butter.

Osage is much better split than cut anyway.

gstoneberg:
The blade I have now is a 4tpi skip tooth 1/2" blade.  I expected it to do better than it does.  I'll have to look for a 3tpi blade, and probably should spend a little more than I did at Lowes.

I agree, I split this log before I started sawing it.  I don't have much choice when I'm making (or more accurately, trying to make) boards.

George

gstoneberg:
I'm back from looking at bow wood.  I took the camera.

The first clump of osage had a hackberry tree growing right at the edge of it:


Some other possibilities:



Finally selected this clump to cut.  Will take the furthest right "branch" (it is about 12" in diameter) first.  I also took a picture looking up away from the tree:




There was another younger couple looking at wood for furniture.  Turns out he makes glass laminated bows and has wanted to build self bows.  He and I will work together cutting part of the tree this week and then he'll come over to the shop and build a bow with some seasoned osage I have.  Best of all he's a flint knapper.  We'll cut more wood over time.  That will please the owner and keep me from getting too sore.

What a great day.  Found some bow wood and made some new friends, hard to beat that.

George

mullet:
 Sounds like you had a great day, George.

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