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Offline luke the drifter

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eastern red cedar
« on: August 02, 2011, 01:57:11 am »
does cedar require a long curing time like other bow woods?   once i get one roughed out and ready for final tiller and if i proceed any further,  will i have problems with set?  any advice.

blackhawk

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Re: eastern red cedar
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2011, 04:29:18 pm »
ERC doesn't take as long to dry as other woods do,but it still needs to be dried out to make a low set bow. Rough it down to floor tiller and let it set a couple months to be sure its dry. Warbow wood needs to be down to optimum dryness to take a low set no matter what wood you use due to the high weight stresses.

Are you looking to make a selfbow warbow with ERC? If so(and your still new to bow building) id suggest planing it down and backing it with hickory or a super thin piece of boo. And in the very least use rawhide over the first layer of sapwood under the bark.

Offline bcbull

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Re: eastern red cedar
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 07:10:11 pm »
or better yet if you have a erc stave  leave alll the sap wood on it make it into ur war bow thats how i do them sometimes i will back  it with deer or goat rawhide  marc st louis  made one 120# a while back  brock