Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jazzdad on April 18, 2015, 01:13:06 pm
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A beaver took down a beautiful white ash and at least three maples. No idea how long ago. Sawed a branch to see if the wood looked good and it does. Any way to know if it's worthy of becoming a bow. I need to borrow a chain saw, just wondering if I can gauge the quality of the wood before I bother my neighbor. Oh, the section I want is off the ground with bark intact and no sign of bug damage.
I know Osage is slow to rot... Not sure about ash or maple.
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Dead whitewooda are not good bow woods.They degrade quickly. Jawge
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What George said!
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Thanks Gents. I'll leave them to Beaver..s. :(
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Yup.
Leave it to Beaver! :)
Jawge
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Every bow is made from dead wood.....
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Dead and properly stored that is! ;)
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Every tree is primarily made of dead wood. ;)
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Only one way to find out for sure if it will make a good bow !
Make one and tell us how it went.
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If you are ever not sure of the wood make a scaled down mini bow. Make everything to scale and it will be under the same strain as a full sized bow.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained ;)
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Think I'm going to get the chain saw and give it a go. The branch I took off earlier was a little iffy but the tree is about 8 inches in diameter so the main trunk might be okay.
Thanks for all the advice.
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Just chop down a primo tree, and say to anyone that has a problem, "yep, the beavers got to this one too."
Leave it to Beaver, classic pun Jawge. I'm in my 40's so I got to watch reruns, sounds like many of the young un's haven't shared that experience(they might be considered lucky by some). :)
Hamish
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Hamish, thanks. I figured a huge generation gap (I'm 66) would keep most from getting that one. That was a baby boomer show. That was a great show! :)
Jawge
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yep prime time show for me. :) :) All dead wood not equal PatM. What Jawges said on this one at least for me. :)
Pappy