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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jeffp51 on April 18, 2015, 10:34:31 pm

Title: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: jeffp51 on April 18, 2015, 10:34:31 pm

I just scored my third haul of Siberian elm.  This one straighter than either of the other two.  Five more stave of it today.  I now have over a dozen elm staves.  Some of the lesser ones may find themselves in the firewood pile.  Lots of splitting, debarking and reducing today.  I also worked on an osage stave from Sidewinder today.  Good times.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: Del the cat on April 20, 2015, 03:54:54 am

Sounds good... long way to go for wood tho' ::)
Del

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: loefflerchuck on April 20, 2015, 08:34:52 pm

I just got some for the first time too. I hear all elm is good.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: jeffp51 on April 20, 2015, 09:00:23 pm

We will have to compare notes when it is dry.  What I have feels good, but lighter than osage.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: JoJoDapyro on April 20, 2015, 09:06:37 pm

I wish I had the drive to split mine. Still in the garage.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: Badger on April 20, 2015, 09:51:28 pm

  As much as I love elm I won't touch it anymore unless I can saw it. Just too hard to split. Elm is great wood and makes beautufl bows.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: hammerstone on April 20, 2015, 10:47:27 pm

I agree with Del , way too far and cold there for me to go looking for staves.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: jeffp51 on April 21, 2015, 12:12:26 am

Joe mine split pretty easy--some of it I started with a chainsaw to create a guide on the end.  That seemed to help some. Not really that hard to split, most of it, especially after the first halves.  Does your log have any knots in it? 
Del and Hammer, luckily the trees come to us in Utah--siberian elm is considered a weed tree here and pops up all over.  That is how I have got what I have--from people clearing city lots where it has sprung up on its own.  I would like to see Siberia sometime, though--I learned some Russian back in school, and my teacher was from there.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: loefflerchuck on April 21, 2015, 01:13:06 am

Yup I got mine from a park in SLC where they cleared all the elms and locust. The locust was all bug eaten and worthless.

Title: Re: I hope siberian elm is good stuff
Post by: JoJoDapyro on April 27, 2015, 09:06:43 pm

OK. I'll get off my lazy can and give it a shot. I need to get this trade bow shot in. Its getting close.