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English ash 140lb at 32" - update: short video of it being shot
Lucasade:
I've got an eight foot laburnum log in my shed cut last year - half is earmarked for a bow for the missus but I think I'll have a play with the other half.
Incidentally I haven't sealed the ends or anything, just split it a couple of weeks after it was cut. No checks or other silliness. Just saying... >:D
WillS:
Yeah I don't muck about with all that sealing rubbish either :P
As long as it's got plenty of length you'll be fine normally, unless you're very unlucky. Even then, longitudinal cracks can just be filled with glue, clamped shut and forgotten about.
benbow:
i see now this ash bows section is pretty wide and shallow that makes sense! I'm with you guys on the not sealing the ends its just so wet in Devon nothing drys out fast to cause any checks to run deep. sometimes though i will cut the stave a bit longer above a side branch, i feel like the knot will hold the wood bellow together then stand it to season with this end up.
WillS:
Yeah we're pretty much under water here in Dorset as well. Slow seasoning for heavy bows is never a bad thing!
meanewood:
Nice bow Will
I'm with you guys about not sealing ends and have never had a problem, even here in Australia where things dry quickly!
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