Mystery wood from TOJam

[mullet]

  Steve, Don't forget the Buffalo pi$$ and a half inch of rawhide.

[Hillbilly]

 

[venisonburger]

It looks like ash to me.

[Pat B]

Steve, Its not that I'm not a fan. I haven't had the time to study and practice your mass theory.  One problem I have is I don't have a scale to weigh the stave. I do have an old triple beam that will measure up to 18ozs. and a bathroom scale but It won't work on that low of a weight. Did I see somewhere that I could weigh each end with the other end propped to the same height and figure total weight like that?     Pat

[Badger]

 Pat, if you set one end on the scale and hold it level it shoud be pretty accurate, you might try weighing one end and then the other end and averaging the two. They should read about the same anyway.  With a real light piece of wood like that once you get it roughed out into the shape of a bow it might give you a fair idea of what you can expect from it. Steve

[Pat B]

Steve,  I'll give it a try and report back. Thanks for the quick reply.     Pat

[mullet]

  Pat, A Triple- Beam?  Just put it on the scale and multiply by by, Kilo's, ounces, or grams.

[Pat B]

Steve, I put each tip on the scale with the other tip on a same level stand. One limb weighed 9.5oz and the other weighed 10oz.(this is a 60's era triple beam scale  ) The bow is 64 1/2" t/t, 62 1/2" n/n, 1 1/2" wide from the bows center(bendy handle) out 20" then taper to 3/4" tips with side nocks, limb thickness is 3/4" at the handle and 5/8" at the tips.
  I realize I can reduce the width of the tips considerably to reduce physical weight. I need to get more bend from the outer 2/3 of each limb also.
   This wood is very spongy feeling even after heat treating the belly and it obviously didn't prevent string follow. After relaxing for 24 hours it has about 1" but after brace it was more like 3" or more.    Pat

[Badger]

Pat, I cut some porta carpus lasy year that sounds very similar. Spongy. 14 oz of wood should make that a nice 50# bow with a bendy handle. At 20 oz it should be well over 50# and not showing any sign of follow. Doesn't sound like a true bow wood. Steve

[Justin Snyder]

I think Ill dig my piece out and use Steves formula start to finish.  We will find out if it is bow wood or not.
How about 69" for a 29" draw.  Parallel limbs to midlimb with a fairly short rigid handle.  Justin

[Pat B]

Steve, I'm glad to know it wasn't me.   This wood was hard to work with blade tools when trying to get to a back ring. I was surprised how "crappy" of a bow wood it is.      Pat

[RidgeRunner]

I worked on mine a bit more this weekend.
This stuff will steam straighten quite well.
However, It seems to be very brittle.
I am going to put the linen backing on it when it gets to floor tiller.

David

[DanaM]

Sounds like some of that second string wood

[El Destructo]

I like da Second String woods....like Sycamore...Eastern Red Cedar....Douglas Fir....Siberian Elm....just to name a few....they are more of a Challenge to keep the Limbs in one piece!!!

[Hillbilly]

Dana, this must apparently be not second-string but benchwarmer wood.