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Offline ken bee

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english walnut for bow
« on: June 08, 2008, 10:48:25 am »
a friend of mine is pulling an orchard . all they keep to sell is the big stuff so there are going to be a lot of fair size branches to burn  i know when dry it is very hard , but will it make a good bow?  i dont want to wait, so can i rough it out without woring about it checking or warping too much.? its going to reach nearly 100 with med. hum. next week      thanks  ken
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Offline snedeker

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Re: english walnut for bow
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2008, 11:35:49 am »
Fpr reasons I don't recall, it is not considered very optimal, but I'm sure a good bow can be made from it.

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Offline snedeker

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Re: english walnut for bow
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 12:43:33 pm »
Its a very light wood, .47 specific gravity, not very good in either tension OR compression.

Dave
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Offline ken bee

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Re: english walnut for bow
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 08:10:17 pm »
thanks guys i dont think ill waste my time ive always got good advice here and ive got a couple of locust stavesso when i get the itch ill tackle one of those    thanks again  ken
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