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Offline RobWiden

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Busy for the next year
« on: May 24, 2012, 05:30:47 pm »
    We don't have much really good bow wood where I live but we do have lots of birch. I went out yesterday and cut one down. I brought home about as much as my half ton pickup felt comfortable with, and today I got the rest. If I've got this figured out right, here's a picture of the first load.
<a href="http://s1169.photobucket.com/albums/r505/1025VS/?action=view&amp;current=DSCN0130
    Guess I don't have it figured out yet.
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Offline johnston

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 05:43:40 pm »
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Offline RobWiden

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 06:32:21 pm »
    Well, obviously, I don't do pictures the way I should. Anyway, I got enough staves for a long time, some
that I intend to cut into backing strips, and some for arrows.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 07:31:44 pm »
Nice haul. Your using what you have available and thats the best you can ask for! Any elm or HHB in your neck of the woods?
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Offline RobWiden

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 08:36:55 pm »
    No, none. You have to go way east to find much hardwood in Canada. We do have a bit of Douglas maple, saskatoon (serviceberry), and red osier dogwood. All of them are hard to find big enough to make a hunting weight bow out of. I have some red osier drying but it's only about 1" diameter. Just want to see how much bow I can get out of it.
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2012, 05:55:45 am »
Logosol?   ;)
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2012, 09:58:20 am »
It will be interesting to see what you can come up with, Rob.  Is there much difference in dynamics between "Birch" and "Yellow Birch"?
Is the yellow growing locally?

I bet good birch strips would be a decent trade item.
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Offline RobWiden

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Re: Busy for the next year
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2012, 01:25:28 pm »
    I don't know anything about yellow birch, never tried it. The paper birch makes a nice bow with the right design. It needs to be wide and/or long enough to compensate for its low compression strength.
    I never thought of the backing strips as a trade item, probably because I haven't tried them yet myself. All the problems I've ever had with birch came from compression failures, so I think it's good in tension. After I've got a few bows with birch backings under my belt I'll know if it's good enough to trade.
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