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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: david w. on March 23, 2008, 06:49:14 pm

Title: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on March 23, 2008, 06:49:14 pm
i have acess to a bunch of this. is it thick enough?
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: Pat B on March 23, 2008, 07:33:05 pm
Boards?  yes!!! Shoots, give them a few more years. ;)    Pat
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 23, 2008, 08:03:18 pm
Like Pat said, if it is boards I would take it all day long.  I often take the 3/4" boards and rip them in half before I back them with boo just so I can make one more bow.  ;D  Justin
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on March 23, 2008, 08:06:17 pm
sorry should of been specific. its boards our friends sawmill has TONS of it and he has TONS more uncut osage on his property
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 23, 2008, 08:20:45 pm
                    Get all you can David...and then have them rip you some Hickory Backing Strips while they are at it!!!

                                                                       ;D ;D >:D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: DanaM on March 23, 2008, 09:12:52 pm
david you do remember that I'm yer bestest friend eh ;) ;D

You have trade goods now ;D Lets talk :)
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on March 24, 2008, 12:26:56 am
dana if your my bestest friend prove it.  what my favorite website?(only real friends know this ;D)


thats what i was thinking. I need a nice quiver ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 24, 2008, 03:07:15 am
www.PrimitiveArcher.com   .... RIGHT???     Now you just send that Board to Stinnett, Texas!!!! And I'll be your Bestest Yooper Freind
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: DanaM on March 24, 2008, 09:09:35 am
Quote from: yankeemongiat on March 24, 2008, 03:07:15 am
www.PrimitiveArcher.com   .... RIGHT???     Now you just send that Board to Stinnett, Texas!!!! And I'll be your Bestest Yooper Freind

Dang poacher :o ;)

Sorry david no quivers to apare at the moment.
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 24, 2008, 09:14:25 am
                     See you shouldnt go to bed before the Sun....this Osage Board could have had your Name on it
                                                                             >:D >:D

                                                   But I bet David would Trade You for a Quiver too!!!
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on March 24, 2008, 12:58:00 pm
ding ding ding yankee is right
i got two huge boards with enough wood for 8 bows but it was all that was there because the guy sold most of it :'( and the wood has cracks so i could pull 2-3 bows out of this so i am happy and i have many handles and tip overlays now. and its free


he said once they get some more i could get some
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: DanaM on March 24, 2008, 02:03:53 pm
Free is my favorite wood David, now ya need some hickory backings and yer in business.

Yankeee I stayed up until 9:30 last night ::)
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: snedeker on March 24, 2008, 04:52:35 pm
It would be interesting to know what the thickness ratio of early to late growth is in the rings.  Could make a diff in how you use it.  Optimal is a thin layer of lighter colored tissue and a much thicker layer of dark colored tissue.

Dave
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 24, 2008, 11:19:51 pm
Quote from: DanaM on March 24, 2008, 02:03:53 pm
Yankee I stayed up until 9:30 last night ::)

Wow...how did you manage that!!!! I was still posting on here at like 1:30....and I get up at 5:00 to get ready for work.....My Body hates to sleep....I will get enough when I am dead!!!
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 25, 2008, 02:39:30 am
Quote from: yankeemongiat on March 24, 2008, 11:19:51 pm
Quote from: DanaM on March 24, 2008, 02:03:53 pm
Yankee I stayed up until 9:30 last night ::)

Wow...how did you manage that!!!! I was still posting on here at like 1:30....and I get up at 5:00 to get ready for work.....My Body hates to sleep....I will get enough when I am dead!!!
Sounds like teenage mentality there.  I have no desire to do that any more. Justin
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 25, 2008, 03:32:22 am
What ever........I have been doing this all my Life.....I do great on 3-5 hours sleep every night of my Life....sorry you think it's Childish.....but it's your loss that you sleep most of your life away...and I utilize mine.......... ::)
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: sailordad on March 25, 2008, 08:20:46 pm
I'm with yankeemongiat on this. most nights in bed by 1 am,up by 5:30,work allday.then come home and try to be father/husband for few hours then it's into the proverbial mancave and try to make sawdust and scrapings.

although there are days when i like to get 6-7 hours of sleep like the so called normal people,but i find if i sleep too much it just makes me more tired and my old body stiff.

                                                                           PEACE,
                                                                                  Tim
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on March 25, 2008, 10:07:28 pm
Pictures .....David...I want to see these Boards....maybe I want some of the next Batch!!!!

And I hear ya Tim.....I feel like Crap when I get more than 5 Hours of sleep and I feel Like I Cheated Myself too!!!
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:03:10 pm
i have 2 more board on the way ;D

7feet long 2 inches deep and a foot wide
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on April 13, 2008, 01:10:19 pm
Quote from: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:03:10 pm
i have 2 more board on the way ;D

7feet long 2 inches deep and a foot wide

                                                                      PICTURES DAVID!!!
                                                                                 :o
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:13:13 pm
ok ok ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on April 13, 2008, 01:15:53 pm
                                                          ATTA BOY.....Dana Will Be Proud Too!!!!

                                                                                  8)
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: huntertrapper on April 13, 2008, 01:16:44 pm
yeah DAVID! ;D ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:17:11 pm
ya he said to remember my bestest yooper friend ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: El Destructo on April 13, 2008, 01:20:41 pm
Quote from: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:17:11 pm
ya he said to remember my bestest yooper friend ;D

I thought I was.........I won the Contest didnt I??? Or was that with HunterTrapper??? I am old and get Confused sometime!!!!!
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on April 13, 2008, 01:21:59 pm
o ya you did win the contest i forgot ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: tradbowr on April 13, 2008, 04:13:26 pm
You have a GOLD MINE  get them to about 7/16 through length, then tapper from each end to the middle ,1/4 to 7/16, back with raw boo  should get a bow around 45 to 55 #s at 28" .  Iam  assuming the boards are at least 66" long, if not z splice  have fun  ;D 
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: david w. on April 16, 2008, 08:05:48 pm
i got enough for at least four bows

the grain is really straight.  straighter than any grain on a white wood board that i have seen ;D
Title: Re: 1/2 thick osage
Post by: mullet on April 16, 2008, 08:30:03 pm
  Ooohhh David ,Ol' Buddy. ::), Hows that Mulberry doing.  I might be able to trump you guys >:D