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Anyone ever try persimmon

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I started a thread asking about persimmon a couple months ago because I was asked to cut down a tree about 20' tall & at least 12" dia with with 3 good, straight trunk sections I should be able to get 12-15 staves from. I'm going to get it as soon as I have time to cut it down, section it, and haul it off. I can split it at home as I get time.

I'll be watching this thread to see how your bows turn out. 👍😀

Badger:
  Kyle, weight shouldn't matter. A 20# bow should be under the same strain as a 200# bow. You just have to use enough wood whether it be length, width or thickness.

Mo_coon-catcher:
I guess really it'll be what weight can this wood hit and still be of a manageable size in both girth to be able to hold onto and length to be able to hold it straight to aim.

Kyle

Mo_coon-catcher:
I got it fully roughed out now and put a long string on to see where it stands. I'm going to aim for a draw weight of 150# and let it go from there. But it got to 16" when pulled to 150#. It's on the long string so o want it to bend a bit more towards the center at the moment. But I think I can get the outer halves of each limb bending more before I drop the weight. I'm guessing right now it would hit between 250-300# at 32". As long as the rain stays away I'll drop the weight and pull it a bit further this evening.

Kyle

Mo_coon-catcher:
I got the bend cleaned up and pulling 150# at 26" on the long string. Which also got te tips bending enough to comfortably brace. I braces it once at 5" and got a good idea of how it was bending and balancing. The outer halves still needed to move more. I know persimmon is bad about taking set even when build to what should be proper dimensions, but its already taken about 3/4". Then I remembered the wood probably has a high moisture content. Since its been in a barn loft for 1.5 years and just spent a day sitting a couple feet from a shed opening whole it rained for 20 hours. So I'm going to leave it in the house for a week or two, then heat treat before pushing any further. And those tapered nocks held fine at low brace. Though I found I had to make them about 1.5" long to hold and gave them a bit of a shoulder to assist. But in liking that nock style for tillering.

Kyle

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