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Osage orange design?
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 21, 2026, 10:57:05 am ---I cant wait to see pics of whatcha got there.
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I'm out of town this week, but hoping to get and end sawed off this weekend.
So, all you guys talking about resealing the ends and letting it dry...this log has been in a buddy's shed for 20 years, in Wyoming, which has some of the dryest air in the Union. Is that really necessary? I kind of suspect if it isn't dry by now, it's never going to be.
Del the cat:
Don't go for bendy tips!!!!
If you want to make the tips work a bit, you can always ease them off once the bow is tillered... but I still think it's a bad idea!
I've never seen a whip tillered bow that performed well, But I have seen stiff tipped bows that did!
Del
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on January 21, 2026, 12:21:32 pm ---Don't go for bendy tips!!!!
If you want to make the tips work a bit, you can always ease them off once the bow is tillered... but I still think it's a bad idea!
I've never seen a whip tillered bow that performed well, But I have seen stiff tipped bows that did!
Del
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+1
sleek:
Bendy tips have some advantages, in some cases, but its rare to need them and they cost you in power. They can help with efficiency. Sometimes power alone wont get you where you need, so you flex the tips a little at the expense of power. I dont think thats what you are going for here.
Hamish:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on January 21, 2026, 11:42:45 am ---
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 21, 2026, 10:57:05 am ---I cant wait to see pics of whatcha got there.
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I'm out of town this week, but hoping to get and end sawed off this weekend.
So, all you guys talking about resealing the ends and letting it dry...this log has been in a buddy's shed for 20 years, in Wyoming, which has some of the dryest air in the Union. Is that really necessary? I kind of suspect if it isn't dry by now, it's never going to be.
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It all depends how big the log is. There is dry and then there is dry for a bowyer. Once you have roughed it into a stave you can floor tiller, any residue of moisture should leave pretty quickly.
Also osage is a weird wood. I have had old osage develop fine drying cracks after roughing the bow's back down to one growth ring, and not resealing it with a thin coat of shellac. It may or may not happen to you, but after experiencing its a small price to pay to ensure it doesn't happen by resealing the back.
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