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SAVE THE SAPWOOD!!!!
Pat B:
I made a pretty good osage ELB style bow with a few sapwood rings left on the back that is an very good shooter(BOM Jan or Feb 06). If the sapwood is treated properly from the start is should be fine to use as a backing. I'd rather make self bows than lam bows(backed included). I have made a few of each and don't think its worth the trouble.IMO. My self bows shoot good enough for me.
Osage sap wood is as strong as almost any white wood so why wouldn't it work as they do. Pat
Ryano:
Trapper, it takes more lighter less dense wood to make a bow the same poundage then good heavy dense wood, thats where it loses pretty much any and all advantage the sap wood had over the heart wood.
Theres no doubt in my mind that the sap wood can make a good durable weapon, but it would need to be designed diferantly than a bow made of the more dense heart wood. Ive made bows of pretty much every white wood I can get my hands on and I havent found anything yet that will withstand the same dimensions I get away with with good dense osage heart wood. 8) Ryano
D. Tiller:
Ryano, have you tried a medieval Warbow design? Yew uses the sapwood and the heartwood in conjunction. It was to this type of design that I'm thinking about when making a lam. from both the heartwood and sapwood. I think it might work.
Ryano:
D.tiller, I'm sure it will work. All Im saying is it wouldnt really be any diferant than say a hickory backed osage or something like that. Yes, I have made english style yew bows with the sap wood on the back. Osage sapwood isn't as strechy as yew sap wood is though. Ryano
Justin Snyder:
David, you are going to a lot of work to make a board bow. I don't see what the difference is in cutting the sapwood off before or after curing. Are you going to chase a ring on the sapwood or cut it ring bias? You will need a thick layer of sapwood to cut ring bias. If you are chasing a ring, make a self bow. Justin
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