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Offline bubba pharris

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drying time
« on: January 15, 2010, 08:08:06 pm »
when is wood to dry to work ? cut into a hickory today cut last year...rough shaped a bow down to about a 1 inch by 3 inch...the backing was un touched only the bark removed and it snaped like a toothpic >:( >:(
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Re: drying time
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 08:34:30 pm »
Depends on where you stored it and how.  Offhand I'd say you stored it in an overly dry and/or warm location, or where dry airflow.
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Offline Badger

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Re: drying time
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 09:00:15 pm »
Pretty hard to get hickory too dry. Did you store it indoors after you cut it or had it set out doors for a while. It cna deteriorate quickly if it was left lieing for any length of time. How hard did you pull it? Steve
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Offline bubba pharris

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Re: drying time
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 09:02:32 pm »
it was left out side....had some worm damage to on the outer rings...think i will just use the tree for fire wood :) :)
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: drying time
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 11:00:45 pm »
Quote from: bubba pharris on January 15, 2010, 09:02:32 pm
it was left out side....had some worm damage to on the outer rings...think i will just use the tree for fire wood :) :)
I think you just answered your own question.  Worm damage is no good for bow wood.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: drying time
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 12:29:39 am »
If you leave hickory on the ground for a week after cutting fungi will set in. It is the job of some fungi to eat wood and the whitewoods are very susceptible. It would be very difficult to get healthy hickory to break across the back and like Badger said it is hard to get hickory too dry.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: drying time
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2010, 01:32:56 am »
It isn't hard to get it too dry here.  ;D

If it has worms, burn them before they infest anything else.
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Offline bubba pharris

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Re: drying time
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2010, 04:13:59 pm »
Thanks guys it is now in the fire wood pile
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