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natty

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short bow
« on: July 04, 2009, 01:17:49 pm »
made a 43'' bow out of a ash shovel handle and sinew backed it.my concern is, if it had been kiln dried would it affect the wood. ???
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Offline islandpiper

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Re: short bow
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2009, 01:56:54 pm »
Now, that's one I've never heard before.  I guess whether it is a shovel or a bow, it can make holes in things!! :)

I would not worry about it being kiln dried.  Build the bow to utilize the strengths of the wood you have in hand and not off someone elses's dimensions and you'll be fine, IMHO. 

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Offline knightd

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Re: short bow
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 04:08:40 pm »
Dried is dried.. ;).. I spliced two hickory axe handles togather and it made a fine bow..
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Offline adb

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Re: short bow
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2009, 02:07:26 am »
Show us some pictures!
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natty

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Re: short bow
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2009, 09:04:08 pm »
it finished drying today. trying to get around to building a tillering tree. will try to post some pic's.
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natty

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Re: short bow
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2009, 05:24:25 pm »
 >:(its a bust wood had no compression value  :(
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Offline Pat B

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Re: short bow
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2009, 09:51:20 pm »
Well, that's not good for bows or shovel handles! :o
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huntingblindsonline

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Re: short bow
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2009, 08:19:00 pm »
Natty,
I made a bow with a red oak board from Lowes. I am sure that wood was kiln dried. It made a decent 45# @ 28 bow. I put a poplar handle on it and had some bloodwood in my scrap bucket I used for the tips. There is no backing but I do keep it oiled. I have shot several hundred arrows through it so don't let the fact that it was kiln dried be a deterrent for you in the future. I know some that will swear it won't work... I have a working bow that says otherwise.
have a good one!
Jon

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Offline adb

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Re: short bow
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2009, 08:46:51 pm »
Nothing wrong with the right piece of kiln dried wood. Dried is dried (to a point). What's more important with board bows is the piece of wood (and more importantly the grain orientation) than whether it was dried in a kiln.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: short bow
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2009, 09:22:03 pm »
well iam guessing that being it was a shovel handle that it probably had to much runoff and would have btoke even if was used for shoveling

personally i dont like using kiln dried boards,but thats just me.i do make board bows but try to find a mill that air dries their lumber
it is harder to find that way these days,but after 110 mile drive(one way )i have enough for 5 board bows.
i try for quartersawn lumber myself,but there are other cuts that work well also.
ifn you can post pics of the broked wood and someone is sure to have the reason as to why it failed
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