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Does some woods hold heat longer? & bow build
Selfbowman:
I have the belly drops . Maybe I can test moisture on them. One reduced to close to li
B form and one just the drop and see what happens in moisture content.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on December 28, 2023, 10:56:09 am ---Dave have you ever cooked one in a hot box. I have tried Osage this hat way eats ago. Trying to dry green wood with little success. My hot box will maintain about 180-200 degrees. My fear is the back might get to hot. But I could clamp a fire hose between the caul and the bow with maybe just 5-10 pounds or air in it . Trying to protect the back some . 5-7 hours should dry it out I would think.
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I have done hot box but I think I overdid it and couple of my bows exploded. It may have been coincidental but I wonder if it got too dry and brittle on an already dried piece of wood. I ended up dismantling it and storing it away to make room for other things.
willie:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on December 27, 2023, 11:57:45 pm ---Dave I don’t get it. This mass is 1/4 less in size yet it weighs the same as Osage. AND ITS HICKORY . This must be very dense. Where is Badger at?
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Hi Arvin
following the build with interest and want to ask what you mean
--- Quote ---This mass is 1/4 less in size yet it weighs the same
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Selfbowman:
Willie the Osage is wider, thicker, and the handle is bigger than the hickory. The bowyers bible state’s the opposite because of mass density. That’s weird. Both 47@28d
willie:
oh, a 1/4 inch less in width at the fades, but it looks like you have carried more width further down the limbs with the hickory.
Do you have a dry place to keep it until next Sept?
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