| From: Sparky
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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My son and I got some hickory split, debarked, and sealed. Questions is should this be let to dry inside the home or outside ? I didn't know if the heating and cooling system would dry it wrong? If outside it'll be in the barn or shed. They are big staves right now. I don't have the ability to cut them down for 4-5 months from now. Any thoughts? Thanks, Greg.
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| From: Jeff Durnell
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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Yes, store them in an unheated garage or shed for the first few months at least. Drying them with artificial heat, a/c, or air movement can cause staves to crack. Hickory is fairly stable wood, but why risk it.
I cut up a couple of big hickory logs on my buddy's sawmill and put the staves and rough cut lumber in my garage a couple years ago and they're still there. I would have brought them into the shop where I control the humidity, but I'm running out of room. Instead, I'll bring them in and finish drying them as needed.
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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Inside every time for whitewood bow wood.
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| From: Pappy 1952
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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We cut and season a lot of Hickory staves, got over 50 drying right now, I keep in a dry cool place [outside shed] for the first year or so and larger splits are best, it will warp if cut to small and not clamped down to something, We leave it large for the first several months then cut it down to 2 inch plus wide staves and let dry a while longer, then cut to rough bow size and dry a little longer.Takes about a year for hickory to dry normal.Then you can take it inside and finish drying it for bow wood. You can quick dry it but you really have to stay on it and keep a close eye on it or it can check and warp.Not saying this is the only way but it is how I do it with good luck and have done 100's of them. Pappy
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| From: Ghost308
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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I dry mine under the sofa and well sealed never had a problem.
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| From: Bassman
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| Date: 03-Jan-21 |
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To old to cut big trees now ,so I use Hickory saplings. I split them in 2 ,paint the ends, leave the bark on the back, and let them dry in my cellar till I am ready to use them. Much harder to get the bark off of the back when they are dry though. I make bows green also, so their are different ways to do it with out the wood cracking, or warping as Pappy says.
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| From: Sparky
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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Thanks fellas. since I'm out of commission for awhile I put them in the barn.
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