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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Tree ID please?
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2016, 12:34:44 pm »
Okay... Tastes like an apple, looks like an apple, smells like an apple, it must be... wait for it DC... and APPLE!
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Re: Tree ID please?
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2016, 12:40:50 pm »
I cut a couple of staves of crabapple here a few days ago. They looked like they were starting to warp within a half hour of splitting so I clamped them to a 2x4. You might want to watch for that. I've made two Crab bows and both really benefited from a good heat treat.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Tree ID please?
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2016, 12:54:40 pm »
So I roughed one out yesterday, a shorty- 46" with a good deal of natural reflex.

I did this in about 2 hrs. I found that it I get a piece down to an almost-ready-to-tiller place, and seal the ends and back, I get no checking or warping no matter what type of wood it is.
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