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Title: Osage stave has borers?????
Post by: hilltophickory on July 17, 2013, 07:05:29 pm

My stave im letting season I just noticed now has some lil bugs boring in it straight down, any one else had this expierence  and is it big trouble?

Title: Re: Osage stave has borers?????
Post by: owlbait on July 17, 2013, 07:11:35 pm

The rotten bugs bore so deep on mine I've had a hard time chasing one ring on the stave. >:(

Title: Re: Osage stave has borers?????
Post by: blackhawk on July 17, 2013, 07:16:41 pm

Get the drawknife out asap and start peeling until your past em all....

Title: Re: Osage stave has borers?????
Post by: Eric Krewson on July 17, 2013, 08:22:51 pm

Break out your propane torch and scorch the holes, a few seconds and the bugs are dead.

I did the same to the billet piece in the picture. I torched them as soon as I saw yellow dust. When i made a bow out of the piece later the holes were shallow, about 3/8".

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/billetcollection.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/bow%20making/billetcollection.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Osage stave has borers?????
Post by: hilltophickory on July 17, 2013, 09:30:59 pm

Thanks good idea.