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Grunt

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drying bows
« on: December 27, 2010, 10:29:39 pm »
 This is my wood stove drying rack for bows. Got a new computer I trying to see if I got the image ok to post. Bear with me.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 10:31:35 pm »
Guess that's better than tossing them in the dryer with some old tennis balls to fluff 'em up.   I'd be sure to wait until the staves were mostly dry before putting much heat to them for fear of causing cracks.
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 11:14:09 pm »
Yeah if they are wet (fresh cut) they will crack or split.  Be carefull.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2010, 11:16:57 pm »
looks to me like they would dry unevenly like that
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Grunt

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2010, 12:07:58 am »
They are pretty dry as they have been inside for a couple of months and I flipped the tips on the yellow one with dry heat.
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Re: drying bows
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2010, 11:56:46 am »
Good job grunt!!. ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2010, 12:05:18 pm »
Grunt, I have a Fisher "Momma Bear" in the living room and sometimes stand bows up near it between working sessions.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2010, 02:47:13 pm »
I have got to get a wood burner for the shop...if for no other reason than disposing of bow scraps.  They frown on bonfires in town.  It was sure simpler in the country.

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Grunt

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2010, 08:42:26 pm »
I've been rubbing the yellow bow [black locust sapling] down with lard and letting the heat from the stove help soak the pig fat in. Used lard when I flipped the tips also.
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2011, 06:50:17 pm »
Cool.  Not much different than drying the staves in a sweat lodge.
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Offline jamie

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2011, 06:31:13 pm »
like patrick said. i use the wigwams to dry wood. put up in the horizontals and let the heat and smoke get to it. i think smoke does an incredible job of sealing wood too.
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Re: drying bows
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2011, 01:12:10 am »
I need to build me one of them wigwams. ;D
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: drying bows
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2011, 07:19:01 am »
   Hang them from the seling the heats much more constent up there you won't heat one part of the bow more than others. Also a good way to cut down the moisture. Exspecally on white wood bows.
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Re: drying bows
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2011, 10:35:36 am »
I'm working on a locust semi-Eastern Woodland style bow(my version) and I plan to finish it with hand rubbed bear grease and use my wood stove, much like Grunt, to help the beare grease sink in.
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Re: drying bows
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2011, 12:36:34 pm »
Grunt, does that BL sappling bow have a back of sapwood? It looks similar to one I made a while back. Mine didn't last, but I think it was my fault for going too narrow with it.

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