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Title: red oak sapwood?
Post by: dylanholderman on June 15, 2015, 10:44:00 pm

hey guys i have three well seasoned red oak staves with the bark and sapwood still on, what should i do with the sapwood ???
i haven't used red oak sense my first failed attempt at a board bow lol.

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: bowmo on June 15, 2015, 10:46:03 pm

I chased down and got rid of it in the 3 red oak stave bows I did. They turned out nice.

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: Pat B on June 15, 2015, 11:33:06 pm

Generally red oak is treated as a whitewood and the wood under the bark is the back.

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: alwayslookin on June 15, 2015, 11:37:02 pm

Quote from: Pat B on June 15, 2015, 11:33:06 pm

Generally red oak is treated as a whitewood and the wood under the bark is the back.

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Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: Willibow on June 16, 2015, 12:59:37 am

Sounds like you could go either way.  Maybe try both and do some comparison?

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: bubby on June 16, 2015, 12:54:10 pm

The heartwood seems more brittle to me I'd bark it and go from there

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: joachimM on June 16, 2015, 07:10:20 pm

for no reason backed by good evidence I avoid sapwood in red oak.
It just seems a lot weaker than the heartwood.

Title: Re: red oak sapwood?
Post by: dylanholderman on June 17, 2015, 09:40:18 pm

thanks for the advice guys ;D i'll make one with sap and one without see hoiw they turn out. might have a kinda fake yew look to it by the untrained eye >:D :o :laugh: