Its too dang hot

[sleek]

Got so hot in my barn it cracked my best and cured staves. I fired up the bandsaw and one of the tires on the wheel snapped.

Its too dang hot.

[sleek]

You know... as I put some thought to it, this might be why you hear stories about the natives putting staves in ponds to keep long term.

[Burnsie]

The elastic on my underwear melted.

[Eric Krewson]

I don't know if your barn is enclosed where you stored the staves but I lost the best osage I ever cut in a closed-up outbuilding, I had the same result storing staves in an attic. These staves were green when I put them up, not dried. I store my bulk staves in a crawlspace under the house now. I keep what I call my "on deck circle" of bow blanks and a few dried staves out in my shop, it is enclosed but well insulated and never gets below freezing in the winter or up to the outside temperature in the summer, it cools off at night in the summer.   

[Mad Max]

It's hot in Mississippi also but I haven't had that problem.
The days of high temps is also humid, last week 106 for the heat index.
My barn is a metal building with no air coming in.

Osage is what I have

[sleek]

I don't know if your barn is enclosed where you stored the staves but I lost the best osage I ever cut in a closed-up outbuilding, I had the same result storing staves in an attic. These staves were green when I put them up, not dried. I store my bulk staves in a crawlspace under the house now. I keep what I call my "on deck circle" of bow blanks and a few dried staves out in my shop, it is enclosed but well insulated and never gets below freezing in the winter or up to the outside temperature in the summer, it cools off at night in the summer.

Its an old 1800s barn with an upstairs, thats where the staves are. Im going to haul them down. Its never been this hot before. This is crazy. Im worried I may not save some of these and they were perfect. If they are ruined Im not going to the salt flats this year because these staves were for that.

[Selfbowman]

So far the staves I bought in May was green but no damage yet. I have had a fan on them in my hot bow shop. It cools down in early morning. I was going to check the moisture but my meter decided to quit working.

[sleek]

So far the staves I bought in May was green but no damage yet. I have had a fan on them in my hot bow shop. It cools down in early morning. I was going to check the moisture but my meter decided to quit working.

Well keep an eye on them and be careful, this weather has claimed multiple staves and one guys elastic underwear band! Hold on to your suspenders!