She says I have too much bow wood!!

[gstoneberg]

Nice piles of wood guys.  I just received a short yew stave in the mail today!!!! Wahoo!!!!!!  I think a recurve is in my immediate future.  That wood isn't going outside on the pile.

George

[Elktracker]

How short is it? I would LOVE to see a build allong on it I have been wanting to attemp a yew recurve for a while now and have some nice yew in mind for it.

[Sidewinder]

When I read the title to the topic I said "why thats sacrilege" . There is no such thing as too much bow wood . Unless of course you have jsut debarked your 23rd osagestave  in 2 days and your dead tired and you look down and you have 11 more to go, then you r thinking you have too much bow wood to debark, but not too much overall.  Lol    Danny

[druid]

Black locust...and other whitewood.

[gstoneberg]

Wow druid, that's a nice stash of wood!

Elk, it'll be my first yew bow.  Unless it works like osage I'm not sure how it'll turn out.  A build-along might be a bit optimistic.  I think the stave is 57" long.  It has a big sideways bend in it.  I'll have to check with the guys that work with yew to see the best way to bend it so the string is in the handle.  I will take lots of pics as it takes shape.  It's only been down 4 months so it may need more seasoning before I start.

George

[Mark Smeltzer]

I normally sinew a recurve that is short (under 60") Lately I have been doing mine a little differently, I heat and glue in the recurve using underlays. This seems to hold the recurve in better, it has a tendency to pull out over time.
The finished bow is Osage with Yew underlays @ 62".  The bow in progress is a short (58") Sinewed Yew with Red Elm underlays. 
I hope to be shooting that Yew bow by the end of today.

Mark

[osage outlaw]

Well, since were showin' off our stash.  Here is mine.  I keep most of mine in the garage. 
 
In my shop:  osage, hickory, HHB, and one piece of yew.



More osage in the garage



Above the workshop:  Elm, hackberry, and more osage.



In the rafters:  more hackberry and ash(not pictured)



I have a couple of 1/4 log chunks of osage in the wifes garden shed.  She complains about them all the time, but I tell her they are keeping it from blowing away.

[JW_Halverson]

Osage Outlaw has revealed himself as a bald-faced liar!  Having studied those pictures and the pictures of other bowyer's shops as well as my own and I can clearly state that is NOT the shopspace of a bow builder!  Far too clean, organized, and well lit.  Everyone knows we must wade thru hip deep shavings, rooting for tools and tape measures (which magically disappear when set down), in shadowy half light. 

 

[Elktracker]

Osage Outlaw has revealed himself as a bald-faced liar!  Having studied those pictures and the pictures of other bowyer's shops as well as my own and I can clearly state that is NOT the shopspace of a bow builder!  Far too clean, organized, and well lit.  Everyone knows we must wade thru hip deep shavings, rooting for tools and tape measures (which magically disappear when set down), in shadowy half light. 

 

 

[osage outlaw]

You're right.  It's all firewood.  I prefer to burn pieces 6' x 2" 

I didn't take a picture of my work bench.  Its a mess.  I just can't stand a messy floor.  I will stop and sweep the floor up every 20 minutes or so when I am using a drawknife.

[gstoneberg]

O, you would hate my shop.  I just don't feel right without the crunch of osage shavings underfoot.  It bothers my wife too, she comes out and sweeps every week or so.

George

[JW_Halverson]

Since I bought that $100 spokeshave from Lee Valley I steadfastly refuse to sweep my shop floor!  I want cushion for when I drop a tool!!!  Shavings also absorb any spilled paint, thinner, polyurathane, iced tea, coffee, blood, sweat, and the inevitable tears.

[Elktracker]

Since I bought that $100 spokeshave from Lee Valley I steadfastly refuse to sweep my shop floor!  I want cushion for when I drop a tool!!!  Shavings also absorb any spilled paint, thinner, polyurathane, iced tea, coffee, blood, sweat, and the inevitable tears.

 

[John W. Cooper]

I must say that I am envious of some of your wood stashes!  Mine's slowly outgrowing my small shop, but I don't know if I'll be able to expand into the house...   I got a chuckle as I also subscribe to the cushioning effect of at least ankle-deep shavings.  I do occasionally do have to go digging for pencils and dropped tape measures.  Thanks for the laughs!

John

[JW_Halverson]

I found a burned up 25' carpenter's tape in my woodstove once.  The only good part of the story is that it allowed me to stop looking for the bloody thing.  Nowadays I sift the shavings before they go in the fire.