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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IdahoMatt on September 08, 2014, 12:45:35 am
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Got some wood today. Is was some hard work with a hand saw till I got back to the shop, where the band saw is. Total of 24 staves. 1 piss elm (Dutch) I believe and 23 mountain maple 6 of witch is the compression side for expierimenting. All of the others are tension side staves sawn in half. Hope to make some good stuff here. Thanks for lookin.
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Wow. Some of those look like quite the challenge. :)
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Is mountain maple Douglas maple? I have some and it looks very similar.
Some cool snaky ones in there!
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I believe it is Douglas maple.
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Looks like maple madness there matt ;D ...next time drive a lil further north for some of that yew ;)
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The nape is in my back yard and I'm way down south. I would have to drive about nine hours to get some yew.
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Would any of you vine maple guys keep the compression side of the stave. Or should I cut for fire wood. I know it doesn't make a fantastic bow but would it make a decent bow? I know this isn't vine maple but I have heard its close. Thanks
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I'd drive nine hours for yew matt ..road trip and camping/hiking etc time..sounds fun to me...can't go wrong any which way regardless in northern idaho ;) I bet your closer than 9 hours as well...I say 7,and that's 23 hours closer than I am...lol :laugh: ...but maybe your not as adventurous as me ;D
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True Chris. Mabe after hunting season I née to take a trip. Excuses are just so easy. My wife and I are tearing down a couple of houses right now I our spare time. So spare spare time is a hard thing to find :). There I go again with excuses.
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I live in yew country and still drive 5-6 hours to the good spots.
Ive saved a few compression staves, but haven't used them yet .
kurt from brisky bows told me he has, but 40# or less.
Does Douglas wander as bad as vine when split green?
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Mine did. Thought I had a straight log, but when I quartered it, they were all over the place. Pretty wood, though. Matt, It would be interesting and maybe helpful to compare notes. I am new and still working on my first maple staves (in Utah). I am curious to see if I can make a bow at all out of the stuff. I will look forward to seeing how yours turn out. Keep us posted
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That'll keep you out of trouble for a bit. Sounds like you earned it!
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It moves quite a bit while drying but nothing too bad yet. Some of these look like they might go pretty far. But I am still experimenting with this wood. I posted a while back on another haul that I didn't seal the ends or the backs. In hind sight I should have listened to my pears and now I will they didn't check too bad and some didn't at all. But some did and I don't want to lose any to laziness or stubbornness.
Jeff mt. Maple dose make a good bow here is one that I made that won BOM. It still shoots great and the early tension is great. Feal free to PM me any time
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Oops here is the link. Sorry
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,43593.msg586087.html#msg586087
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I'm always amazed that you guys will go into the woods and apparently cut the first 15 trees you see. I guess if that's your thing.
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What on earth do mean by that Pat
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I'm not sure how I can be more clear. Is there actually knottier and more crooked wood in your woods?
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That looks like a good days work. Especially with a handsaw.
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It was a good two hours swamp thing. It was pretty steep country and rocky. Lots of dodgy foot holds. Glad I had a hand saw.
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yeah it ain't always easy to find good wood. Specially in the dryer areas, trees don't wanna grow so straight. That looks like some nice maple. Have you ever had compression problems with mountain maple?