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ripmyfly

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Osage Orange
« on: May 31, 2008, 11:26:21 am »
We just had to dead head our huge osage orange that sits on our farm. If the wood is still solid can it used? Some of the limbs are 10" in caliper.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Osage Orange
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2008, 11:37:31 am »
Yep. I made a bow from a piece of osage that had lain on the ground in mud for three years. The only problem with wood like that is that it often has drying checks, but you can usually work around them.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Osage Orange
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2008, 09:50:37 am »
Should be OK unless the powder post beetles have been working on it, look for piles of dust under the trunk. If it does have bug damage it it may not go too deeply into the heart wood.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Osage Orange
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2008, 09:55:44 pm »
No way to tell for sure, so send it to me and I'll let ya know if it was any good. ;D
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