Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: seminolewind on April 20, 2014, 02:24:23 pm
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This stave has been curing for about a year now indoors. Its a 70" Osage stave with pretty tight growth rings. Do you guys think that it has had sufficient time to cure? Also are close rings more or less desirable than larger rings ? I should have a ring chased in the next day or so then I might reach out and get some advice on laying it out.
Thanks guys !
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Looks like a nice one. Rings look medium and good to me. I'd go down to the 5th ring.
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The rings look great! Thin thick, there all good, especially when you have that little early growth between them.
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Rings look good to me. I used to hate chasing rings on osage until I moved my bench outside into the full sunlight. Osage loves sunshine. The early wood/late wood is so much more visible in natural light. I find it a little easier to lay my osage bows out by marking a center line following the grain on the sapwood first. I draw the bow on the sapwood first, mostly because it is easier to see what I am doing because of the contrast, but also so I am not chasing rings on a wide piece of wood that I am going to trim away anyway. Good luck with your bow.
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Nice stave! Depending on the RH where your stave has been curing will determine it's readiness. A year should be sufficient.
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Looks like a real good candidate to me Seminole, go for it. One year indoors probably fine but I'd reduce it down and work on it for a few weeks at its reduced state before bending any just to make sure its dry but thats just me. Keep
it somewhere dry and warm in between working it would be a good idea also. Ring ratio looks fine and I've always had
my better osage bows come from tighter ring staves for whatever reason. Looks like a pretty clean and straight stave you have there, should be a nice one. Put up some pics at different stages of the build for our viewing, you know we like these these kinda post. :)
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Just looking at your stave again... man, that's a nice piece of wood! The rings are just the right thickness and they're not too tight. That is going to make a top shelf bow!
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Elijah, like the others said that is a very nice stave. I think the rings are almost perfect. I'd reduce it to floor tiller stage and see how it feels. A few weeks at floor tiller should release most of any remaining moistur.
I'd go down to the 2nd heartwood ring. It is plenty good enough for a back ring. Be sure to seal the back as soon as you expose it. I like Bullseye spray shellac for this and keep a can on my bench all the time.
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heck if he builds this bow like he flintknaps it will prolly win bom :laugh:
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thanks yall, ok ill reduce it and see where were at then consult yall ! Im determined to make a great bow this year !
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Looks prefect to me,take your time and it will be hard to mess that one up. ;) :)Welcome home. :)
Pappy
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Good thing your starting with the right kind of wood!!!! 8)