From: TBOZ
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Date: 11-Apr-17 |
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Man, I barely finished my first selfbow yesterday and I had an overwhelming urge to go cut some more staves so I went out and found a pretty straight hackberry and went to work! Got it split into four stave that look pretty promising to me! I believe there is something very habit forming about this.....
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From: GF
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Date: 11-Apr-17 |
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Yeah… I never understood the "just one more bow" thing myself. Not until I found myself in possession of 4-5 good shooters.
Look at the bright side… No Steve's aren't costing you a couple hundred bucks a pop!
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From: fdp
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Date: 11-Apr-17 |
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You can start working one of them now. Won't hurt it a bit.
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From: 2 bears
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Date: 11-Apr-17 |
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I have a Hackberry available but didn't know how to treat it. So it can be split and worked right away? It is about 6" in diameter. Then there is a huge tree but it is all crooked and limbs in ever direction. I don't think the trunk would be any good besides being so hard to handle. Can a large limb work or does it need to be the trunk? Thanks. >>>------> Ken
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From: TrapperKayak
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I have a 5 inch dying elm in the woods next to the house that I an thinking of making into staves, if I get to it before it completely dies. Its very straight. Maybe good practice wood for my first endeavor at a self bow.
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From: Eric Krewson
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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When I started collecting wood 20 years ago things got a little out of hand. When I croak I wonder what my heirs will think of all the osage under the house.
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From: Eric Krewson
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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The first picture is the billet pile, then there are the staves, but only part of them.
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Hackberry is decent wood. Get the bark off it now, spray it thoroughly with bug killer and seal the backs with urethane. Put one stave under your bed for 6 months and it will be ready to work then. It dries rather quickly. When you get to building a bow with it, make it long and around 1.75" wide. Heat temper the belly or it will take a ton of set regardless of how well you tiller or lay it out.
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From: David Mitchell
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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No sickness....maybe the ultimate sanity?
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From: hvac tech
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I agree it is therapeutic to say the least what a wonderful thing to do in our spare time
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From: Jeff Durnell
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Hackberry is yellow? I have a piece here I was given, and was told it was hackberry, but it's snow white.
I don't think it's a habit. More like a simple hobby that quickly becomes an obsession then a passion.
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I think its the pic, Jeff. It looks like hackberry otherwise. And, you can see the end of the log on the floor, its hackberry for sure.
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From: jk
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I admire this lunacy.
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From: Jim Davis
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I still make several bows each year, but have spent more time shooting than in the past. My accuracy shows it.
I think the sickness runs for 15 to 20 years, then goes into remission with the help of more shooting. ;-)
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From: woodshavins
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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For sure man! Much worse illnesses to have. And yes, those are very decent looking pieces of hackberry you got there!
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From: 2 bears
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Pearl Drums thanks a bunch. Do you wait to heat temper until it is to finished size,then use a heat gun or torch? Do you heat it until it is just turning a light golden brown? I appreciate the advice of some one who has been there and done that. Thanks again. >>>-------> Ken
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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I like to get the bow floor tillered so the tips move a good bit, basically its ready for a low brace. Then I temper, correct twist, align tips and reflex in one session with a Wagner heat gun on high. Hold the gun 3-4" above the bow in one spot until the wood looks like the perfect toasted marshmallow, I start at the fades. Then move the gun about 1.5" and repeat until you've reached the end of the limb, then repeat on the other limb. It takes a good hour to temper a bow. If you go to Primitive Archer in the "Build alongs" section you will find an old, but mostly accurate hackberry build along I did. Pics say a thousand words.
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From: 2 bears
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Thanks, I will look it up. >>>-----> Ken
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From: 2 bears
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Thanks, I will look it up. >>>-----> Ken
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From: Catskills
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Date: 12-Apr-17 |
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Re Eric "When I croak I wonder what my heirs will think of all the osage under the house."
When I croak my heirs will have all sorts of wood and hardware to sort out. But only one of them at this point displays any interest....
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