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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2012, 11:22:23 pm »
If you seal the ends,  split it into staves,  and leave the bark and sapwood intact I would be interested as soon as you can get some pics up. I'd prefer to remove the bark, sapwood and season the stave myself.  I'd be interested in trading for 1 just for your effort.
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2012, 12:06:42 am »
I just hand split the log into quarters.  I'll have to get a better look when the sun comes up and I'll get some good pictures.  It looks real promising.  Crikey....101 inches long.... 

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2012, 12:13:00 am »
Didja feel a bit more like a good and proper hairy knuckled caveman?  Nothing like getting back to our roots!
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2012, 12:17:08 am »
Hairy knuckled, bare footed and sportin' a wood(bleep).....nevermind.....  HA 

It's killin' me that I can't get some light to inspect the growth rings...and I HAVE to go to work all day.  I'm gonna be crazy by tomorrow evening....
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2012, 12:20:26 am »
dco, what kind of things did you want to trade for?
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2012, 12:33:02 am »
I haven't really thought about it...

I usually just burn this stuff, but this is too nice to burn.  I have the proper tools, but certainly don't have the expertise to tackle bow making.  My reason for contacting this board was soley for NOT screwing up this wood so someone can ply their craft on it.    I teach CNC mill and CAD design in a high school and sometime use small blocks for special projects...but this is way beyond what I usually mess with.

What is a primitive bow worth?  What is a stave like this worth?   I haven't a clue.    Help me out.

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2012, 12:38:40 am »
they are worth whatever they are worth to YOU! once you get some pics up we will get a better idea, but untill then, think of something you would like to have for one and we can see what we can do, that's the great thing about this group, we don't trade based on monetary value, but on what we think it is worth to ourselves and the person trading it
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #22 on: April 03, 2012, 01:37:59 am »
Let me get some pictures...

Primitive in every way!  Bartering!  LOL  I love it!  I'm kinda likin' this place...

Here's pictures of my "workshop."  My "craftsmanship" extends to creating little pieces from the big ones, throwing them in a pile till they get old, and burning them while stargazing.  As you can see, my one-man timber saw is antique and I've dreamed of a new one someday....  The axe on the left is how I take the trees down and the old saw is how I get the logs into pieces I can carry. 

The log we're discussing took me two days to get out of the woods.  I made a rope sling and dragged that big SOB to my truck.  It was pure pleasure to take a splittin' wedge to it!

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #23 on: April 03, 2012, 06:58:55 pm »
I dunno about the rest of you but I think dco1958 fits right in here.  I like the tool shed. 
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2012, 08:14:50 pm »
Thanks...I built it especially to fit that timber saw....
Hey...I betcha a bow would fit in there too!  LOL
Bad news...it's rainin' like hell and I can't get photos today.  Crap!
Oh well...off to watch MMA instead...
 
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2012, 09:06:18 pm »
MMA?  Mixed Martial Archery?
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2012, 04:50:10 am »
Think MORE primitive...HA....
 
and NO...it's not Mixed Martial Atlatls either...LOL
 
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #27 on: April 05, 2012, 12:46:42 am »
Photos:
 1. Big end...notice the far left stave has a branch a few feet down.  The other three have no knots/branches.
2. Small end
3. Pile 'o staves
4. Standing the largest quarter.  I'm a little under 6 feet tall.
If you need closeups or any particular shots of the staves, please let me know.  I'll be happy to oblige.
 
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2012, 01:07:35 am »
yummy yummy yeller wood!
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Offline dco1958

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Re: Unbelievable Osage Log
« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2012, 01:31:47 am »
The log split really well.  You can see that the growth rings stayed intact end to end.   I sealed with polyurethane and sprayed with insecticide.  Should I split the larger stave into two?
 
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