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Offline NTProf

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Re: Syringa (Lilac) Harvest - stave prep?
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2011, 10:37:36 pm »
I once cut a piece of chokecherry. I immediately roughed it out and floor tillered it. Then clamped it to a board for a month. No warping. No checking.

Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Syringa (Lilac) Harvest - stave prep?
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2011, 10:41:14 pm »
I once cut a piece of chokecherry. I immediately roughed it out and floor tillered it. Then clamped it to a board for a month. No warping. No checking.

Hey NTProf I assume you sealed it before you clamped it to the board for a month?  Trying to decide just how much "bow making stuff" I'll need to take along this weekend (3 days)  Thanks!
~ Lee

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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Syringa (Lilac) Harvest - stave prep?
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2011, 10:43:34 pm »
Wow...I thought I was bad. That's worse than me. I just carry a handsaw and also a knife for roadkill tendons.

Oh, I also have a tape measure in there...I just hate not having whatever I might need on hand.  Probably should toss in a jug of Elmers glue for sealing the ends of stuff on longer road trips too.

~ Lee

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"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?"
— Aldo Leopold
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