Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DC on September 22, 2015, 12:25:19 pm
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I cut and split this Douglas Maple the other day. The long one has more than 90 degrees of twist and the short one is about 90. If I had run this through the bandsaw instead of splitting it would the bow have held together with that much twist. I'm thinking it's pretty much firewood now.
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Like vine maple, I'd only ever saw Douglas maple.
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And you wouldn't worry about this much twist compromising the bow. I'm thinking many runouts.
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Run outs are made by the guy laying the stave out, nothing else to blame for them. Me? I wouldn't touch those with a 10 meter pole. And it will worsen as they dry down.
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Those will cook some nice weiners and smores!!! :laugh:
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OK. I'm still wondering, if I had run these logs through the bandsaw and made bows would this much twist cause them to break.
My problem here is I can't see if the log is twisted until I split it, and if it is twisted it's a waste of time and a tree.
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I haven't made a Douglas bow yet, I have a few staves in th corner though.
On vine maple I've always sawn or used a hatchet to get a flat stavwe, and grain
Run out on smaller Diam stuff hasn't been an issue with me.
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Its a moot point, but no, I doubt a bow would survive if you had used a saw.
Were those stems growing nearly horizontal out of a bank?
You might get some snow shoes out of that.
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They were growing at about 45 degrees. I may just rough them out following the twist and then take a shot at steaming the twist out. I've done it with yew but it wasn't quite as bad as this. I hate to waste a tree, especially when it's already cut and leaning against my shop wall.
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Try taking the twist out, I feel the same as you, if you cut a tree you have a duty to it to use it as best you can.
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One half done. Seemed to work OK. Steam sure removes bark. It came off in one piece. I guess I'm going to have to tie it to a 2x4 until it's seasoned.
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You might want to take it a little past straight. It might have some spring back when you untie it
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Like vine maple, I'd only ever saw Douglas maple.
Saw Douglas or vine....I agree 100%