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Offline 1776J

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Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« on: February 24, 2011, 01:22:22 am »
and...
..anyone know where I can get some?

I've seen a "few" work with it and seen some great bows from it.
Not sure on its elasticity or compression strength, but I'm curious to try working with it!


Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 01:24:21 am »
and...
..anyone know where I can get some?

I've seen a "few" work with it and seen some great bows from it.
Not sure on its elasticity or compression strength, but I'm curious to try working with it!


iv'e seen a elb style bow from it, but never worked it my elf, good luck though
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

Offline juniper junkie

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2011, 01:28:47 am »
I have made a few...

Offline 1776J

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2011, 01:32:22 am »
I have made a few...

Hahahaha!!,....
I would say so with a name like "JuniperJunkie"!!!!  :D :D :D

So,....
are you the man I need to see about getting a stave then? ;D
hahaha


Offline juniper junkie

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2011, 12:34:37 pm »
I have some staves, what type of bow are you looking to build?

Offline Keenan

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 02:12:49 pm »
Yep, JJ and I live in Juniper Heaven. ;D I'm sure he'll take care of ya.

BTW Juniper is best suited for shorter sinew backed bows IMO. Some have made elbs and I made one a few years ago that was fairly sluggish.  JJ made a very nice Holeguard type that proved out to be a real good shooter. . Finding juniper that is long and clear is near impossible.  Also If you are used to working hard woods you will find Juniper very soft and much lighter. Takes more wood to get your poundage then Osage or other hard woods.

Offline 1776J

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Re: Anyone ever work with Juniper?
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 08:58:22 pm »
I'd say that I'd be looking to make a horse bow at about 57-60" perhaps? 
Was toying with doing something shorter, but I'm aiming to make every bow to come out of me, a hunting bow, and since I'm unpracticed with the short draws of real short bows, I'm thinking of something in that length of 57-60"?  I know it is sometimes hard to get a clear nice straight stave in Juniper (so I've read) that has any length to it, but being as I'm not afraid of building short bows, I thought I really needed to make a juniper bow! 

To sum it up,...
57-60" long?
#45-55 @ 27"??  (my normal draw is 27")

There are two bows by Ed Scott I have in mind that I would make in Juniper (as I think that's the same wood he used?)
One is real short at 53" the other I'm not sure on the length.
The 53" looks like it is about 2" wide for about 7-7" past the fades then narrows quite a bit into a static tip that's probably around 5-7" long?...give or take.
The other looks to be about 1/2-1 3/4" wide at widest points, maybe for about 3-4 past the fades then narrows up.  That's a reflex/reflex bow....real sharp looking bow,...one of my all time favorite bows.