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Bows / Re: Sudbury Style Oak Board Bow 57lb @ 26"
« Last post by willie on November 07, 2025, 09:18:27 pm »
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I really did get a great board from the selection they had, it was a 6m long board that was just over 8 inches wide. The grain was nice and straight

I imagine you paid a lot for that board there. It may have been airdried or dried properly by a quality hardwod supplier before import.

 https://www.fpl.fs.usda.gov/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr282/chapter_13_fpl_gtr282.pdf

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We do have a relatively high humidity here in NZ so that could make a difference?


care with handling and drying bow wood counts. air dried will reuptake moisture, especially in humid climates. whereas high temp heat drying can aleviate reuptake some, but can be detremental to the qualities we look for in bow wood. most redoak species are similar and I think good handling trumps the minor differences between species.  white oak and its varities are somewhat different.

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Bows / Re: Sudbury Style Oak Board Bow 57lb @ 26"
« Last post by Threy Cameron on November 07, 2025, 09:16:13 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on November 07, 2025, 06:32:59 am
Nice work, clean, simple, not overstressed, just what you'd want out hunting.
Del

Thank you man, I had been meaning to make another Sudbury for some time finally got around to getting myself some good timber for the job. My brother really enjoyed shooting it in too.

I am looking into doing some drawings on the belly as decorations though I'm unsure of what ink or pens to acquire to do the job well. I am looking at the Sakura Pigma Archival ink Pens heard good things about them so far.

Appreciate the comment
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Bows / Re: Sudbury Style Oak Board Bow 57lb @ 26"
« Last post by Threy Cameron on November 07, 2025, 08:50:59 pm »
Quote from: Hamish on November 07, 2025, 06:35:01 pm
Textbook example of a Sudbury. Hard to beat those organic shapes, smoothly blending into each other.

Agreed there's something so aesthetic about the flowing curves and contours, not to mention the designs durability and performance.
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Bows / Re: Sudbury Style Oak Board Bow 57lb @ 26"
« Last post by Threy Cameron on November 07, 2025, 08:48:41 pm »
Quote from: willie on November 07, 2025, 03:26:48 pm
Quote from: Threy Cameron on November 07, 2025, 03:18:45 am
Completed that Sudbury style bow I briefly displayed in my last post. Found a remarkable difference between the heat treat by heat gun vs coals, I found the coals did a much better job at penetrating further into the wood. This could be due to a number of factors perhaps my heat gun isn't up to task or the more radiant heat from the coals over 3 hours slowly baked the wood rather than pinpoint hardened areas?

that looked to be a nice red oak board you used. maybe a lot different from whats commonly available in North America. possibly not as dry to begin with?

Beautiful work on that bow

Thankyou I'm happy with how the bow turned out, quite shocked at how well the heat treatment worked. The bow is a tad plain at the moment but I'm still deciding whether to decorate it with some painting or drawing. Just haven't decided on a kind of marking pen yet though I'm looking at Sakura Pigma Archival Ink pens for fade resistance.

The Red Oak board is American according to the website and the people I talked too at the lumber yard, though apparently there are around 20 some species of Red and White Oaks so it could be an outlier species? We do have a relatively high humidity here in NZ so that could make a difference?

I really did get a great board from the selection they had, it was a 6m long board that was just over 8 inches wide. The grain was nice and straight so I milled the board into 4 boards 2" wide and 70" long, I'm currently working on the third milled board and have one to go. I do have a large offcut section that I might make into kids bows for an upcoming homeschooling event here.
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Bows / Re: Sudbury Style Oak Board Bow 57lb @ 26"
« Last post by Hamish on November 07, 2025, 06:35:01 pm »
Textbook example of a Sudbury. Hard to beat those organic shapes, smoothly blending into each other.
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Bows / Re: A little carp skin comparison
« Last post by Hamish on November 07, 2025, 06:28:21 pm »
Wow, Both look really good and would make great camo too.
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Bows / Re: A little carp skin comparison
« Last post by Mo_coon-catcher on November 07, 2025, 05:58:57 pm »
For full limb coverage it would take a midlimb splice with 2 skins. But on these bows it’s just one skin per limb. The common carp was around 12# and the grass carp
About 15#

Kyle
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Bows / Re: A little carp skin comparison
« Last post by Muskyman on November 07, 2025, 05:34:27 pm »
I’m assuming that’s more than one fish skin per limb?  Like both but, think I like the regular carp myself. 
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Bows / Re: Allergic to my Hobby
« Last post by Muskyman on November 07, 2025, 05:26:27 pm »
I always used the p100 type of respirators at work and also use them in my shop. They filter out almost 100 percent of particulates. Same kind that’s used in asbestos abatement. Don’t always use them with Osage but definitely use them with yew wood. Vapor respirators for the epoxy would be completely different type. In my opinion the paper type dust masks are all but useless. Still better than nothing I guess but not the best if you’re allergic.
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Primitive Skills / Re: fur on tanning with egg?
« Last post by Mo_coon-catcher on November 07, 2025, 05:03:51 pm »
I wish I would’ve been able to get in here sooner. How did the tanning turn out?

Otter and beaver are two of the biggest PITA pelts to brain tan. Doable but tough, takes a good amount of oil, and the thick hides take forever to finally dry while breaking. I’ve done a couple of each and never again. I’ll chemical tan them now.

Here’s a video I did on tanning a fox hide. Same basic steps for most fur on pelts. Just add a thinning step for otter, beaver, and the shoulders and hips of raccoon. I use an angle grinder with sanding disk.

https://youtu.be/LvYBbcW7giQ?si=p_wFCtRELv6mbuNh

I hope it helps

Kyle
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