Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: osage outlaw on May 11, 2016, 11:55:48 am
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I love the smell of chainsaw exhaust early in the morning. I headed out first thing today with plans on cutting a couple of small pieces to experiment with. Like usual, once I get a chainsaw in my hand I get carried away. From left to right: Thin ringed osage, ash, paw paw, and a bunch of bush honeysuckle.
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The thin ringed osage has a better ratio than the one I blew up at the Classic.
(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/20160511_113418_zpsb9deo4m8.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/20160511_113418_zpsb9deo4m8.jpg.html)
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What's up with the honeysuckle?
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Supposedly it makes a good bow. It seems pretty dense. It's hard to find a large diameter straight section. I'll bring a few to Marhsall if you anybody wants to mess with it.
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Oh to be Clint for a day! ;D
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I like that.....lol the smell of chainsaw smoke in the morning.A fella after my own heart.Paw paw.....hmmmmmm.Nick named an arkansas grand daddy wood......lol.
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You know me I will try anywood !
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Hummm ...love the looks of that osage, but that honeysuckle may not be dry enough to work by Marshall. If you have a dry box put a piece or two in it until Marshall and I'll try to make something out of it.
Thanks pal, was looking for something different to mess with other than arrows.
DBar
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Please excuse the dumb question, but is there an easy way to tell tight ringed osage before you cut it? i'm firing up the saw tomorrow..
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You looking to trade any of that wood? Looks great!
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Hummm ...love the looks of that osage, but that honeysuckle may not be dry enough to work by Marshall. If you have a dry box put a piece or two in it until Marshall and I'll try to make something out of it.
Thanks pal, was looking for something different to mess with other than arrows.
DBar
It won't be dry but you can still see what you can do with it. And that chainsaw is cursed. When I picked it up the guy started it and it ran perfect. I carried it down the hill this morning and wore blisters on my hands trying to get it to start and run right. I never could get it to stay running. I'm going to take it back to him and see if he can fix it again.
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Please excuse the dumb question, but is there an easy way to tell tight ringed osage before you cut it? i'm firing up the saw tomorrow..
I can usually tell what kind of rings a tree will have by judging the bark. There is a difference between young looking bark and old looking bark. At least that is my observations for the trees on my property. I did a post about reading the bark a while back. Here is a link to page 2 where I have some pictures of the difference in bark.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,49976.15.html
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Hummm ...love the looks of that osage, but that honeysuckle may not be dry enough to work by Marshall. If you have a dry box put a piece or two in it until Marshall and I'll try to make something out of it.
Thanks pal, was looking for something different to mess with other than arrows.
DBar
It won't be dry but you can still see what you can do with it. And that chainsaw is cursed. When I picked it up the guy started it and it ran perfect. I carried it down the hill this morning and wore blisters on my hands trying to get it to start and run right. I never could get it to stay running. I'm going to take it back to him and see if he can fix it again.
Been there and done that .....I told you it was a piece of $hit that is why I just gave it to you ! After you did such a good job on the other saws I though you would enjoy getting this one working.....sorry for the blisters, I've got scars on my fingers from pulling that bastard............
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You looking to trade any of that wood? Looks great!
I don't want to trade any of this wood. I cut these to experiment on. I'm taking some of the honeysuckle to Marshall to share.
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Hummm ...love the looks of that osage, but that honeysuckle may not be dry enough to work by Marshall. If you have a dry box put a piece or two in it until Marshall and I'll try to make something out of it.
Thanks pal, was looking for something different to mess with other than arrows.
DBar
It won't be dry but you can still see what you can do with it. And that chainsaw is cursed. When I picked it up the guy started it and it ran perfect. I carried it down the hill this morning and wore blisters on my hands trying to get it to start and run right. I never could get it to stay running. I'm going to take it back to him and see if he can fix it again.
Been there and done that .....I told you it was a piece of $hit that is why I just gave it to you ! After you did such a good job on the other saws I though you would enjoy getting this one working.....sorry for the blisters, I've got scars on my fingers from pulling that bastard............
I'm not giving up on it yet. There has to be some way to fix it. It will be a good saw if it would stay running.
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Clint, if you can't get it running by then bring it to Marshall with you. I'll take a look at it for ya.
Patrick
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Patrick
It was the chainsaw from hell as far as I was concerned, had it for many years....Clint did such a great job on the last saws he worked on I though he could work his magic on this one......he still hasn't given up but that saw is cursed!!!
DBar
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Please excuse the dumb question, but is there an easy way to tell tight ringed osage before you cut it? i'm firing up the saw tomorrow..
I can usually tell what kind of rings a tree will have by judging the bark. There is a difference between young looking bark and old looking bark. At least that is my observations for the trees on my property. I did a post about reading the bark a while back. Here is a link to page 2 where I have some pictures of the difference in bark.
Awesome! I've cut, burned,cleared and just thrown away Osage pretty much forever, but I can't recall seeing one like that 4th and 5th pic. Very unusual! I will be paying a lot more attention in the future. Thanks for the info!
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,49976.15.html
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Somehow my post got mixed with yours...(new guy?) lol. Thanks for the info!
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whooo i'm happy to see you found some honeysuckle that was worth cutting ;D
keep a close eye on it though, this time of year it can check down to the pith over the coarse of a warm afternoon :-X
if it starts too check remove the bark and a small amount of wood from the belly side to get it under control ;)
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Patrick
It was the chainsaw from hell as far as I was concerned, had it for many years....Clint did such a great job on the last saws he worked on I though he could work his magic on this one......he still hasn't given up but that saw is cursed!!!
DBar
I hear ya, my dad had an ancient McCulloch that we would take turns pulling until it started. Great running saw once it got running.
He gave it to me a few years ago. I took it apart and found a crack in a carburetor gasket. Made a new one out of an old cereal box. Put a new plug in it and it fired and ran on the second pull.
Patrick
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I'll see what I can do with the saw Patrick. Thanks.
Here is a larger piece of that honeysuckle. It would make some nice knife scales.
(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/Outlawstaves/20160511_205339_zpsc7e3rov6.jpg) (http://s666.photobucket.com/user/Outlawstaves/media/20160511_205339_zpsc7e3rov6.jpg.html)
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That looks nice! So here you are with a piece of wood you've never used before. How do you decide whether to do a heartwood/sapwood or all heartwood? That would look so nice as heartwood/sapwood, kind of like yew on steroids.
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Nice saplings! ;)
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And it looks like the chain could use some sharpening, looking at the saw marks on the osage O:)
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And it looks like the chain could use some sharpening, looking at the saw marks on the osage O:)
The wood is bad, Send it to me, I'll even pay shipping! >:D
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And it looks like the chain could use some sharpening, looking at the saw marks on the osage O:)
The chain was sharp. A dull chain won't cut osage. The tree hung up on the tree next to it. It tool some careful sawing to cut the final bit of wood to get it loose. Osage trees almost never fall over clean when you cut them.