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Offline Springbuck

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How long to dry ERC?
« on: November 16, 2014, 11:46:33 am »
  Usually I'm way past a question like this, but we just cut down a bigger old ERC that grew in the shade leaning out from a house.  I got some fantastic, clean, pretty straight, knotless compression wood billets from the underside, 1-1/2 " x 3"+ x48" and I'm excited to try them with a couple very good QS white oak backings I have.  I intend to try to split/bandsaw each of those once more.

I never have any problem drying wood in Utah, unless I just do it too fast, but this wood feels so dry and light already.  I have done some ERC and juniper bowss, but the ERC came to me dry, and the juniper always got put away for months.  Somebody recommend a drying time to me!   Even in winter indoors or in the garage, I can have white woods good to go in a couple weeks if really reduced, and black locust in a month.

Help me not jump the gun.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: How long to dry ERC?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2014, 02:00:13 pm »
Rats - I was hoping someone gave you an answer by now, because I will be curious about this when I get around to cutting one of the big cedars at my parents' farm.  Have you tried weighing the staves until they stop losing weight? 
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: How long to dry ERC?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2014, 02:51:58 pm »
At that size and humidity under 50%, Id wait 2-3 months max.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: How long to dry ERC?
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2014, 04:03:21 pm »
ERC is a juniper. Junipers virginiana
 You'll get better bow wood if you give it plenty of time to season. In Utah I'd imagine you could dry ERC in a few months.
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: How long to dry ERC?
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2014, 05:20:31 pm »
  I'm never organizd enough to follow through with weighing and stuff.  :-[   In Utah, I generally just don't have trouble getting anything dry.

 Every other time I have used ERC or juniper it was left alone a long time, just by default, but I was excited to try this bow.

 So, thanks all.  I'll leave it until late winter
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: How long to dry ERC?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2014, 08:27:55 pm »
My ERC was good to go in about 6 months indoors in KY....If you say BL is good to go in month, then I'm with the rest 2-3 months should be plenty... :)
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