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Offline Josh Wilson

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Where to Find Wood
« on: December 19, 2012, 05:50:28 pm »
What lumber yards are y'all going to to find wood? I can't find anyone that carries ash or other hard woods (besides oak). Any ideas on where to get good boards?
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blackhawk

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2012, 05:54:41 pm »
On trees  ;)....find some of those things and you'll find wood

Where do u live?
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Offline bow101

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2012, 06:12:19 pm »
Quote from: Josh Wilson on December 19, 2012, 05:50:28 pm
What lumber yards are y'all going to to find wood? I can't find anyone that carries ash or other hard woods (besides oak). Any ideas on where to get good boards?

Have got some wood from relatives, friends who ever. Put an ad online stating what type of wood you are looking for. Should get a few replys. So far I have got 95% of my wood free. It's out thar for the taking. These are some of the woods I got for FREE..!!!
~Oak red & white
~Yew
~Maple
~Ocean Spray
~Douglas Fir
~Poplar
~Alder
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Offline Josh Wilson

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2012, 06:12:39 pm »
Charleston WV
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blackhawk

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2012, 06:30:12 pm »
Screw them boards man..your in the eastern woodlands,which is land of many trees....go find n cut some saplings and small trees and reduce em down to near bow dimension and quick dry them..you can have something semi dry enough to bend on in a week if ya want. Go look for hickory,elm,oaks,all those grow plenty in your area and will be easy to find clean n straight. Also you have hophornbeam,sugar maple,white ash,etc...a plethora of free wood surrounds you.
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2012, 06:40:28 pm »
Wood, unlike money, does happen to grow on tress!!! ::) :o ;D

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Offline Josh Wilson

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 07:29:01 pm »
how do you "quick dry"?
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Offline bow101

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2012, 07:44:06 pm »
Staves are a good thing, but boards are good for doing laminates. Qucik dry..? Kiln Dry.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2012, 09:10:50 pm »
Like blackhawk said, reduce a sapling until it starts to look like a bow.  Keep it indoors and and it should dry pretty fast.  If you have a good windy day, leave it outside just a blowing in the breeze, and it will dry surprisingly fast.  You might want to strap it down to a 2x4 or other to keep it from twisting badly. 

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how do you "quick dry"?
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2012, 09:22:02 pm »
Although I like most bows, saplings are my favorite....and I woould assume they were the favorite of ancient man as well.

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2012, 12:04:25 am »
I didn't know you had something against boards, blackhawk. They never did anything to you, did they? ???
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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2012, 08:29:46 am »
Quote from: lesken2011 on December 20, 2012, 12:04:25 am
I didn't know you had something against boards, blackhawk. They never did anything to you, did they? ???

Simply said: A stave is better than a board ....when first learning always use the best wood available to you. A hickory,elm,or white oak sapling or small tree will tolerate a novices hands better than a board.

Do some more research on how to quick dry..there are many ways...ill take em down to bending about 5" on the floor and no more after i cut it,and I've sealed and shoved them in heating ducts at my house until they stop losing weight. Or set it above a wood stove( might take a like longer) until it stops losing weight. Or use a hot box(research it),n lots of ways to make them.



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Offline Old timber bows

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2012, 09:14:51 am »
The best bet is find some of that yeller wood and dry it down lol.
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blackhawk

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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2012, 09:32:04 am »
Quote from: Old timber bows on December 20, 2012, 09:14:51 am
The best bet is find some of that yeller wood and dry it down lol.

Good luck finding it in west Virginia bro...lol. its scarce at best...there's some up around morgantown,and prob some up along the border of Ohio along the Ohio river valley,as there's quite a bit of it right across the border in Ohio along the Ohio river valley.
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Re: Where to Find Wood
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2012, 12:59:04 pm »
We could find it at your house bro lol blackhawk
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