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Title: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: }|{opukc on April 07, 2013, 10:51:00 am: Today I started working with red elm. Was pleasantly surprised When I split.
This is for longbow - 75 ", 1 1/3 wide and just over 1" thick. Sapwood is about 3/8 "along the entire length.
George

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Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: RyanY on April 07, 2013, 12:48:03 pm: Looks like a great candidate for a warbow! ;D
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Post by: }|{opukc on April 07, 2013, 01:07:12 pm: Ye, 74", 1.3x1.1" whit 1-2 heat treating could be 100-110# :D
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Post by: Pat B on April 07, 2013, 01:27:54 pm: No pics!
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Post by: Zion on April 07, 2013, 02:14:27 pm: Sweet Jesus you are making a warbow out of that right???!!! Ya better!!
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: }|{opukc on April 24, 2013, 04:23:00 am: Hi guys,
This is what I wanted to get as weight - # 70-80
It is 73" long 32х26mm in center and 12х12мм. Pulling 68# to 29" and about 76# to 32". Lower limb is strong reflex and looks solid.
Full Draw pictures then after finale.

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George
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: DarkSoul on April 24, 2013, 05:22:00 am: Very nice George! Clean and simple. This makes the best looking elm.
When I was in Bulgaria for the Paleoplanet Euromeets, I've seen some very nice elm growing all around. I think it's probably one of the best woods in that area, although I've also been very impressed with the black locust.
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Post by: soy on April 24, 2013, 05:48:59 am: Looks very nice...I was concerned at first when I seen some dog legs in the first pics...must have steamed them out,lol :laugh: :-X
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Post by: }|{opukc on April 24, 2013, 06:20:01 am: Thank guys!
Jorik, here in the area around me has a lot of red elm. We started to put it as the cores of the composite bows. Behaves perfectly.
Here is 90#

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Post by: Hrothgar on April 24, 2013, 07:53:03 am: Nice looking bows! You really have the composites down to a science. Are the joints wrapped with artificial sinew?
Eric
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: }|{opukc on April 24, 2013, 08:19:26 am: Quote from: Hrothgar on April 24, 2013, 07:53:03 am
Are the joints wrapped with artificial sinew?
Eric

No, artificial sinew will not do a good job!
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: mikekeswick on April 24, 2013, 09:02:29 am: Lovely bow from the elm. :)
Your hornbow is impressive it looks like it could throw spears!! I'm just making a Turkish hornbow at the moment and it good to see other people with cores ready to go. I am surprised that your red elm works for hornbow cores as my first hornbows core was made from wych elm. When I was tillering it for seemingly no reason the core sheered along an earlywood ring...it was an impressive break! I have never used red elm so don't know much about it but would you not prefer to use a diffuse porous wood?
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Post by: DuBois on April 24, 2013, 09:08:57 am: Nice job man!
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: }|{opukc on April 24, 2013, 09:26:55 am: Mike, you will be surprised at what can be made cores. This is a composite core. By a number of tree species.

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I worked also with Acer tataricum/hard to find a good piece of it/, ash, maple.
Title: Re: Red elm - super stave!!
Post by: }|{opukc on May 17, 2013, 07:59:19 am: Background, no coment!!
28" draw.
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