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Shavings
BowEd:
Mostly osage stave shavings in there with some hickory and black locust.Think there was some kentucky coffee tree in there too.
Eric Krewson:
I do this once or twice a year, burning any osage is hard to do but once done I forget about what I burned until the next time. The take down bow in the pile failed at the takedown sleeve and splintered back 3 or 4 inches, no point in going any further with it.
BowEd:
The thing about getting a band saw is you can crank out more bows faster.
BowEd:
I'll tell ya 1 fella whose got a large shavings pile and that's the "Bow Making Machine Badger".
Badger:
Hey Ed, I haven't made a bow in 3 years. After I retired, I quit using the bandsaw for staves because I needed the exercise. Not making bows has taken it's toll on me. I need to start back even if it is just exercise. I would like the job of cleaning up staves. That's what made me think of that mobile tree unit. I never timed how long it would take me but I am guessing about 20 min each when I was really going at it. On a lazy day, it might take an hour. It really does a lot for your upper body strength.
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