| From: beardedone
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Just purchased this osage stave off ebay for $50. Anyone have advice for working that grain? Looks like it will be a tough nut to crack? Is that something that needs to heat bent into alignment?
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| From: JusPassin
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Technical Difficulty
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Stave is 69” long and hasn’t arrived yet
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| From: crowfoot
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Are those opposite ends of the same stave ?
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Thats a fine grain structure.
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Yes opposite ends. Ok I was concerned because it looks like there’s twist from one end to the other?
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| From: dean
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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candidate for a billet?
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 02-Mar-19 |
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Here’s a picture of it length wise. I don’t know if my question made sense. Looks like the grain twists from one end to the other, no? And if so, does that typically need to be fixed through bending?
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 03-Mar-19 |
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The second picture looks like it may have a bore hole? I wouldn't cut it into billets. You may have to go down a several rings but there should be a ring you can follow. Get below the bore though.
Bjrogg
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 03-Mar-19 |
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Based off the grain bjrogg I feel like I am getting into something like this? I know there are many resources online but talking to people who make dang good bows and have dealt with any problem under the sun is better!
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 03-Mar-19 |
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It's kinda hard to say for sure till you start chasing rings. I've still probably only made about fifteen Osage bows but I've run into that grain pattern before. It seems to like doing that bulging in certain spots and thin in others. It's wood and most wood isn't perfect. Osage is probably one of your more knarly woods. It is a amazing bow wood though. It is amazing how much you can manipulate it with a bit of heat. When I was building all Hop Hornbeam bows I always wondered how guys got bows with such nice unbraced profiles. After my first Osage bow I understood how. You might get some good practice chasing rings with this one. I wouldn't be afraid of getting twist or any unwanted bumps out though. I'm thinking it looks like a pretty decent starter stave. Hope it works out for you.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 03-Mar-19 |
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I see you from Wisconsin. I believe they have a traditional and selfbow event coming up in April. I haven't attended it but one of my very good friends Kyle Will probably be there. I know he just posted about it on PA site. They have lots of room for building selfbows and put a emphasis on helping beginners. I'd very much suggest if you can get to any of the Primitive Archery Meets you do. They were a huge help to me.
Bjrogg
PS April is always a iffy month here. I imagine there to. If you can make it to Marshall Michigan the whole week of Memorial Day. You won't regret it. Some very talented bowyers and just plain a fantastic time. It is all natural materials so it limits the size of the crowd a bit, but I personally like the family reunion feeling.
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| From: beardedone
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| Date: 03-Mar-19 |
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Thanks a bunch, that reply put me at ease. Gonna take it slow for sure. It’s amazing looking at all these photos and posts of guys taking a twisted piece of osage and tillering into a good shooting bow.
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