Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Scrub_buck on June 22, 2009, 01:42:36 pm
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Cut a good Hickory on my In-laws place this weekend. I got 4 pretty good 72 inch staves out of the butt cut.
Two have a little twist to them, the other two are fairly straight. I peeled the hide off them this morning and sealed them good with wood glue. I think there were 3 knots total in the log, and two of them were lined up perfectly in a split Now the waiting game begins!
BTW: I tried D. Torges method for splitting the log into quarters, using a skilsaw with a ripping blade. Worked like a charm, and very easy to accomplish!
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Nice !
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Looks like you got a real good tree, nice and straight.you've been blessed!
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You're sitting on pure gold there.
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Friggin' hell, those are great! If you can't make a bow from any of those, it's not the woods fault... those are pristine!
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you plan to reduce the staves some, so they lose moisture faster?
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Yea those are pretty and strait!! What type of hickory is that??
Mike
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I do plan on reducing them some later on. It was 97 degrees here today with 125% humidity here close to Montgomery, AL! LOL!!!! I was leaking pretty profusely before I got all the staves split and sealed.
The staves are straight, but there is some twist in two of them. I hope to be able to correct that when the time comes. I am new at this, so any and all advice is welcome.
The wood is Mockernut Hickory.... a very common upland hickory in the norhtern 2/3rds of AL. I found this one and knew it was a good one while still standing on the stump. Very few knots and very straight.
Free staves are good for practice! I hope to get good at it, or at least good enough to produce a few good selfbows a year or so.
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hey scrub buck,
dont worry about that little twist in them staves
i have made several hick slefbows that had"prop" twist to them,didnt seem to hurt performance at all
i am working on one right now that looks like a plane prop
all the twist has done so far,for me atleast on any of them,has made them a little trickier to tiller
but if you look at the bow from both sides while tillering it comes along real easy
good luck
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Good looking staves.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Nice staves! I just cut a Shagbark Hickory tree down and have yet to de-bark it yet. What was the diameter on that log? I am just a little north of you and I know what you mean about our humidity right now. Peace! :) -josh
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I am a forester so calling Diamter at Breast Height is a knee-jerk for me. It was very close to 11 inches in diameter at 4.5 feet.