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Offline bowmunky13

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spruce???
« on: March 30, 2008, 01:09:05 am »
hey all... i am wondering.. i have a efw boards of spruce left over from a bookshelf project that went awry. is spruce good for board bows??? let me know... i keep eyeballing it every time i reach into my tool closet for my rasps.... ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: spruce???
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2008, 01:20:07 am »
good for arrows. Justin
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Re: spruce???
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2008, 01:24:22 am »
Spruce is good Arrow Wood....I have made a Bow from Douglas Fir before....but never Spruce
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Re: spruce???
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2008, 06:32:23 am »
How did the douglas fir work out? I've got tonnes of that stuff.
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Re: spruce???
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2008, 11:37:50 am »
Black Spruce is hard and heavy with interlocking grain. I started working on a Black Spruce bow many years ago but had to give up on it. Been thinking of trying it again
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Re: spruce???
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2008, 11:45:08 am »
The Douglas Fir turned out alright....I backed it with 1 good layer of Sinew....and I shot it hundreds of times before I sent it to Australia to a Buddy of mine for His 12 year old Birthday Present
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Re: spruce???
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2008, 02:50:07 pm »
I've got a shed-pile of Douglas Fir around here. Anything to look for when I'm out shopping in the woods? Also did you keep it fairly flat? I wonder if it would put-up with a Holmegaard shape and keep the working limbs wide.
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2008, 02:54:10 pm »
I made a Paddle Bow from it.....2 1/2" wide and 1 1/4" in the Handle...one good layer of Sinew.....and it was right at 45 pounds and shot pretty quick too.....
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