Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: BowSlayer on March 06, 2013, 02:45:57 pm
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What do you all do with the shavings you make from your bows? I got a ton from my last build and wan't to know if they can be used for something? thanks. BD
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Burn em. They make pretty good firestarter.
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They make great fire started. I use mine to light our wood stove every night.
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Fire! Fire! >:D Be careful dumping a bucket of sawdust on a fire. When it reaches the right air mixture it flares up like you poured some gas on it. Only took me once to figure that one out ;)
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Save some for Christmas tree decore ;D
Through your osage curls in some alcohol, makes a yellow dye.
Burn em!
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if you have a need for a light yellow dye Osage's yellow color comes from a water soluble dye. Take the shavings and soak them in water overnight to get a yellow dye.
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Yes Sir,
You can also use Shavings as Flower Bed Mulch.
Depending on the type of wood (Osage) you can make Dye or Stain.
You can Compost some types of wood, the Whites woods work best for me.
ERC makes good Garden Mulch as many bugs don't like it.
Some types of wood can be used in the bottom of Flower Pots to keep the soil up off the bottom of the pot.
Some types can (ERC, Rosewood, Others?) can be put into tight mesh bags or Cheese Cloth bags and used
in your Unmentionables drawers to make your small cloths smell nice.
And in a pinch some types of wood could be used as insulation...
Or to fire your Still.
Or used to age your Shine (Oak)... :)
I'm sure there are many other uses...
-gus
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I burn mine in a rocket stove from stove tec the opening is big enough for a 3" diameter log but those shavings go nicely especially the draw knifing ones that are larger. Those things put out a lot of heat and will boil a pot of water pertty darn quick. And I'm kinda a pyro, fine yew shavings really go poof >:D I like the dye idea
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Kindling and mulch. Jawge
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I burn about 80 gallons worth every six weeks. HOT HOT HOT!
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I leave mine in the floor every night to dry and start my fire with them the next night. I've got a nice hand made wood burning stove in my shop that I inherited when we bought our house. Osage shaving burn GREAT!!! I don't think my wife would take to kindly to bright yellow mulch in our flower bed. >:D
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wow guys some great ideas you have there, i really like the idea of using osage as a dye. keep the great ideas coming. BD
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I use my Hickory and Oak shavings for smoking meat.
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Try some osage shavings in ur smoker guys we smoke brisket n ribs with some mixd w hickory all the time brock
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I have a friend who is into gardening and he eagerly takes all the shavings that I can produce. I'm not sure exactly what he does with them though.
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Hickory shavings are great for smoking meat. Ipe is a good potting soiled amendment to increase moisture retention. Oak is great to add to tomato beds and pepper pots, it acidifies the soiled as it decays.
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Vine maple shavings make some mean smoked salmon.
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i sweep them up and burn them. SS
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Always have a zip-loc in My pack of Osage shaving for starter. Also have a bag of Yew shavings I'm going add from My current project. Bob
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Friends and neighbours lucky enough to have fires at home take all mine. I just box them up and they go quicker than I can make them.
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Burn um in the camp fire I always have going. Save a few for my fire starting kit but that don't take many. ;) :)
Pappy