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Crab apple wood

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bassman211:
Some one once said yellow birch  lives in your neck of the woods. Supposedly better than the birch that grows near me. Try some of it if grows near you. Try the crab apple also. Yours may never do what mine did. It may be a different kind of crab apple.

Hamish:
 Corkscrewing usually occurs with small dia' saplings. You can avoid it by clamping it to a reflexed form or a straight beam/plank.

bassman211:
I do that with other white woods ,but this stave never gave enough time to get roughed to floor tiller and clamped to a form. This is when I was trying to make bows from every local wood I could get my hands on. I have it narrowed to half dozen now.

Ruckus:
I cut a few smaller branches that seemed straight, but back in the workshop, they showed a lot more twist and bends than I thought I could correct. I will be looking for a few select trees and try and get one or two so I don’t clear out a portion of my island of crab apples. The grain is very tight, very compact. Can’t wait to get into it. Thank you all for the info.

vinemaplebows:
Look for billet Size, you will have more success

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