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youngbowyer

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collected some bow wood today.
« on: February 16, 2013, 08:56:12 pm »
Last week with the big winter storm this maple tree started leaning due to the high wind. I chopped it down last week and came back to it today with a new axe and finished it up. I think it is silver maple, not sure if it will be any good for bows but its worth a try. If it doesn't work out I will use it for my various woodworking projects.




Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: collected some bow wood today.
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2013, 09:33:10 pm »
Looks to be silver. It may make some dandy split shafts?
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youngbowyer

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Re: collected some bow wood today.
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2013, 10:20:12 pm »
Looks to be silver. It may make some dandy split shafts?
good idea, i had not thought of that. might be tricky to split into planks but ill give it a try.

Offline bow101

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Re: collected some bow wood today.
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2013, 11:31:50 pm »
Good for you, have fun with it.  8)
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