| From: Stickbow Felty
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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My neighbor was cutting a couple small elm trees so I snatched them up.
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| From: Jeff Durnell
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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New stave day is a work day, but also a happy day full of optimism. Congrats.
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| From: Batman
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Hope to see a BUILD-A-LONG??
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Nice! I'm down to one Osage stave and some fresh cut ironwood and mulberry in the stash. Trying to talk a buddy into letting me cut an elm in his yard ;)
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| From: Stickbow Felty
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Have you ever used elm Jeff? Just wondering how you liked it if you did.
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| From: Randog
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Looks like you're going to be busy for awhile. Hope you are doing well.
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| From: Stickbow Felty
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Damon you are welcome to a couple. I am in Michigan also
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| From: Bassmaster
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Elm is right on top of the best white woods. Interlocking grain,takes heat well,and tough as nails. As in all wood some elm is better for bow making than others even within the same species.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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You did good. I'm a fan of Elm.
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| From: cut it out
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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I like elm also!!! Here are 2 longbows with elm limbs.
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| From: Jeff Durnell
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| Date: 28-Jul-22 |
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Yeah i have, but its been years ago. Elm is ok bow wood. A few years ago I cut a big one and put up many staves from it. While they were still green I reduced them in size, steamed them and clamped them on a reflex caul for a few days. They should be plenty dry and ready to go now.
As far as white woods go, I like hophornbeam better than elm, but elm makes a good bow too.
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| From: shade mt
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| Date: 29-Jul-22 |
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Nice...I did the same last winter, although I cut mine into square lumber to be sawn into lams.
I still make a number of laminated glass bows, but more and more I'm gravitating to preferring a simple self bow.
Nothing like finding a good piece of wood, and working it down with a draw knife, and carefully tillering it into a nice shooting bow.
No power tools, no glue, no glass...simple as it gets.
Elms good bow wood, I use it a lot...but I'm itching to make another self bow, probably end up using hickory, because I have a lot of it.
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| From: Stickbow Felty
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| Date: 29-Jul-22 |
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It will be awhile before i can work on the elm. I do have some dry hop hornbeam i am working on now.
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| From: Chas
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| Date: 29-Jul-22 |
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Don’t forget your Tues night Trad League buddy….:). Nice haul Greg!!
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