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Offline BowSlayer

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Shavings?
« on: March 06, 2013, 02:45:57 pm »
What do you all do with the shavings you make from your bows? I got a ton from my last build and wan't to know if they can be used for something? thanks. BD
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Offline okie64

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 02:48:54 pm »
Burn em. They make pretty good firestarter.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 02:53:02 pm »
They make great fire started. I use mine to light our wood stove every night.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 02:53:20 pm »
Fire! Fire!  >:D   Be careful dumping a bucket of sawdust on a fire.  When it reaches the right air mixture it flares up like you poured some gas on it.  Only took me once to figure that one out  ;)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 02:56:17 pm »
Save some for Christmas tree decore  ;D 

Through your osage curls in some alcohol, makes a yellow dye. 

Burn em!
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Offline The Gopher

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2013, 03:02:00 pm »
if you have a need for a light yellow dye Osage's yellow color comes from a water soluble dye. Take the shavings and soak them in water overnight to get a yellow dye. 
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Offline Gus

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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2013, 03:19:49 pm »
Yes Sir,

You can also use Shavings as Flower Bed Mulch.
Depending on the type of wood (Osage) you can make Dye or Stain.
You can Compost some types of wood, the Whites woods work best for me.
ERC makes good Garden Mulch as many bugs don't like it.
Some types of wood can be used in the bottom of Flower Pots to keep the soil up off the bottom of the pot.
Some types can (ERC, Rosewood, Others?) can be put into tight mesh bags or Cheese Cloth bags and used
in your Unmentionables drawers to make your small cloths smell nice.

And in a pinch some types of wood could be used as insulation...
Or to fire your Still.
Or used to age your Shine (Oak)... :)

I'm sure there are many other uses...

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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2013, 03:25:48 pm »
I burn mine in a rocket stove from stove tec the opening is big enough for a 3" diameter log but those shavings go nicely especially the draw knifing ones that are larger.  Those things put out a lot of heat and will boil a pot of water pertty darn quick.  And I'm kinda a pyro, fine yew shavings really go poof  >:D  I like the dye idea
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 03:34:24 pm »
Kindling and mulch. Jawge
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 03:57:10 pm »
I burn about 80 gallons worth every six weeks. HOT HOT HOT!
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Offline Marks

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2013, 04:22:16 pm »
I leave mine in the floor every night to dry and start my fire with them the next night. I've got a nice hand made wood burning stove in my shop that I inherited when we bought our house. Osage shaving burn GREAT!!! I don't think my wife would take to kindly to bright yellow mulch in our flower bed.  >:D
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Offline BowSlayer

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2013, 05:30:02 pm »
wow guys some great ideas you have there, i really like the idea of using osage as a dye. keep the great ideas coming. BD
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Offline JLoranger

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Re: Shavings?
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2013, 05:32:23 pm »
I use my Hickory and Oak shavings for smoking meat.
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Offline bcbull

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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2013, 07:07:19 pm »
Try some osage shavings in ur smoker guys we smoke brisket n ribs with some mixd w hickory all the time brock
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Offline Gordon

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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2013, 09:24:26 pm »
I have a friend who is into gardening and he eagerly takes all the shavings that I can produce. I'm not sure exactly what he does with them though.
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