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Osage sapling

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bownarra:
Cut it now but then search for how to dry osage safely and properly.
Make sure you have some wedges, a sledge, a good drawknife, plenty of pva, time and energy.

BowEd:
You'll do fine.
Down the line through your journey as you acquire more and more staves be sure to date them and store them under cover in the shade out of the wind.I put them in my steel tractor shed up on a rack.
Proper steps along the way to storage will serve you well for the future to making a bow from them.It's not complicated rather just common sense.
Lets hope you become a hoarder like the rest of us.....ha ha.

Muskyman:
Got the wedges, draw knife but, not the sledgehammer. I do have a splitting maul I used for firewood. Not sure what pva is though. Got a couple places to store them but the patients to wait for it to dry is lacking to be honest. I dried the hickory I cut down for a day over coals from a fire and some charcoal after shaping it down to about floor tiller. I’ll probably try to get one of my Osage staves like that then let it set for a while. Need to get a moisture meter so I can see about where my staves are as far as drying..

Pat B:
PVA is wood glue like Elmer's or TB.
 Trying to dry osage too quickly after cutting can lead to checking. Cut it, split it and seal the ends for now. In a few weeks or so you should be able to remove the bark and then seal the back well.

Muskyman:
Good to know. I have some tb 3 glue

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