Bought a bunch of Osage

[cowboy]

Will be interesting to see how it turns out piper, I haven't tried a board yet.

[ballista]

i got a big board of osage, it was 4x8x1 about, i cut two 1.7's outta it, but the one i made into a bow cracked in 3 places, so dont take any advise from me it was also heavily recurved, and had some natural reflex. -jimmy

[osagedon]

Islandpiper,  Thats a nice looking osage board.  I'm a novice but I think there are some bows in that board.  I build mostly bamboo backed bows and really love osage boards.  I like to cut my boards/staves to the length I want the bow if the wood is fairly clean.  I just don't like the extra step of splicing if I can help it.   Don

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[islandpiper]

My wife says I need more exercise.   Carrying that big honkin' Osage plank was pretty good exercise I think.   I may have to go out more often and buy more wood.   Try that on your wives, guys, and see how it goes over.  heh heh heh

piper

[recurve shooter]

me and a budie spent a day cuttin down with an ax and packing 15 foot long foot thick logs back to the pond to make a raft. could barly move the next day. and to make it all better, we just got up and went to football practice. 

[mullet]

  Piper,  I'd cut the hickory  3/16"  or an 1/8". Just de-grease the Osage before you glue it. Some use soap, acetone, lacquer thinner. I use oven cleaner or bug and tar remover for cars.

[recurve shooter]

that osage is some tuff stuff man. i caint wait to see what piper dose with it.