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I cant take it any more!!
Ifrit617:
Huh,
I'm only about a hour away from you.. Maybe we could meet and talk about bows sometime...
Jon
jeffhalfrack:
COOL 617 !!!!! what direction????? there are a few of us. JEFFW Pm ME some time,,,
gstoneberg:
Does this osage bow have to be straight?? >:D Wouldn't you just love the process if bending and untwisting yellow wood?? 8)
I have some osage that's about a year down. I can rough out a bow for you if you want. I'd seal the back and you'd need to let it dry out a little once it gets up there where it's drier. If you'd rather something more seasoned I have some seasoned billets I could splice up.
George
jeffhalfrack:
GEEEZZEE!!! George,,I've seen some of your work (awesome!) and I've seen the raw materials :o but do you think I'd have a shot? I think I could bend and twist, but the whole chasing rings on such a hard to get commodity :-\ maybe the rough out version may be the trick ? what do you think? BTW, how hard is it to make some 2"w x3\4" thick x 36"or 40" slats? maybe we should pm and discus this? thanks Jeff
gstoneberg:
I don't think you should try a real crooked stave for your first osage bow. I can take the stave to a growth ring if you're worried about that step, no problem. You just tell me where you want the stave/bow to be and I'll go that far. You'll have to let me know what you have to trade.
Osage is nearly impossible to rip once it's seasoned. I had some green osage milled with a portable sawmill, it was costly. I had 5 boards cut, I think it cost me $70. I owe Cameroo some board staves from that wood. It did check some so I'm not getting as many board staves as I hoped I would. Here's what getting osage milled looks like.
I guess next time I'll try spraying the boards with shellac to see if it stops the checking. The boards looks like this now.
Yes, we should probably go to email.
George
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