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Offline Jazzdad

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White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« on: April 18, 2015, 01:13:06 pm »
A beaver took down a beautiful white ash and at least three maples. No idea how long ago. Sawed a branch to see if the wood looked good and it does. Any way to know if it's worthy of becoming a bow. I need to borrow a chain saw, just wondering if I can gauge the quality of the wood before I bother my neighbor. Oh, the section I want is off the ground with bark intact and no sign of bug damage.

I know Osage is slow to rot... Not sure about ash or maple.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2015, 02:17:10 pm »
Dead whitewooda are  not good bow woods.They degrade quickly. Jawge
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Offline Pat B

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2015, 02:20:09 pm »
What George said!
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Offline Jazzdad

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2015, 03:44:51 pm »
Thanks Gents. I'll leave them to Beaver..s. :(
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2015, 04:11:02 pm »
Yup.
Leave it to Beaver! :)
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Offline PatM

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2015, 06:51:01 pm »
Every bow is made from dead wood.....
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Offline wizardgoat

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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2015, 07:24:46 pm »
Dead and properly stored that is!  ;)
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2015, 07:58:00 pm »
Every tree is primarily made of dead wood.   ;)
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2015, 10:40:16 pm »
Only one way to find out for sure  if it will make a good bow !
Make one and tell us how it went.
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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2015, 02:43:11 am »
If you are ever not sure of the wood make a scaled down mini bow. Make everything to scale and it will be under the same strain as a full sized bow.
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Offline Oglala Bowyer

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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2015, 01:03:20 pm »
Nothing ventured, nothing gained   ;)
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Offline Jazzdad

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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2015, 09:05:09 pm »
Think I'm going to get the chain saw and give it a go. The branch I took off earlier was a little iffy but the tree is about 8 inches in diameter so the main trunk might be okay.

Thanks for all the advice.
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Offline Hamish

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2015, 12:57:46 am »
Just chop down a primo tree, and say to anyone that has a problem, "yep, the beavers got to this one too."
 Leave it to Beaver, classic pun Jawge. I'm in my 40's so I got to watch reruns, sounds like many of the young un's haven't shared that experience(they might be considered lucky by some). :)

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2015, 09:08:58 am »
Hamish, thanks. I figured a huge generation gap (I'm 66) would keep most from getting that one. That was a baby boomer show. That was a great show! :)
Jawge
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Re: White Ash Taken Down by Beaver. Bow wood.
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2015, 09:36:33 am »
yep prime time show for me. :) :) All dead wood not equal PatM. What Jawges said on this one at least for me. :)
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