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Offline cutty

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drying time for stave
« on: April 01, 2015, 09:18:39 am »
What are your tecniques for a green stave, say 3"x 3" to work into a bow as quick as safely possible.
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Offline aaron

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Re: drying time for stave
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 10:40:05 am »
depends on the wood- what kind, when cut, and what's already been done to it?
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Offline huisme

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Re: drying time for stave
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 06:53:31 pm »
Yeah, seriously. If I cut a locust in the dead of winter I'd start tillering a couple weeks after cutting. Middle of summer I'd dry it for a month at rough blank dimensions first. It's different between lots of groups of trees; my ash and vine maple all seemed to be ready at about the same time gut in summer.
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
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