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Questions about making a wych elm warbow

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Del the cat:
I'd have though fast seasoning was ok for lighter bows of smaller cross sectional area. I'm not sure a thick warbow stave can be dried in less than about 6-9 months minimum. Just my feeling, but if you have the experience of fast seasoning, go for it and report back so we can all benefit from you findings :)
Del

stuckinthemud:
The bow you refer to might have been that short originally but equally might have been shortened in the 1840s, no one really knows either way and the debate still rumbles on. I have one in-build at the short length I hope to finish by Christmas

FilipT:

--- Quote from: Del the cat on October 18, 2017, 03:28:46 am ---I'm not sure a thick warbow stave can be dried in less than about 6-9 months minimum.
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Never made warbow, as you know from my hazel thread, but I like to shape the bow blank to size which is about 1 cm from intended beginning width and thickness. When I put such blank for fast drying, there is enough wood gone so it doesn't violently twist or move and also there is obviously as little wood as possible that needs drying. In lets say 3 weeks on attic, during autumn, my bow blank loses majority of moisture.

I have saplings which I intend to put through slow drying so they can be used at the same time next year, but for someone that wants a bow month after he cut the tree, maybe this fast method will work.

Badger:
    I fast seasoned an osage stave one time on a 140# bow and it didn't work out so well. It never really dried out properly over 6 months time. I ended up cutting it down into a 50# flatbow. For a bow over 1" thick I would give it close to a year or even two years if I had the time.

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