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Offline Joec123able

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2014, 02:06:29 am »
I split all of mine because I have no other choice lol
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Offline Gordon

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2014, 02:14:28 am »
I've sawed open lots of logs and it's never resulted in a failed bow yet. I guess I've been lucky...
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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2014, 07:49:15 am »
It depends on the wood of course, but if it is straight grained ,I will sometimes saw it,usually get more staves that way. :) Parie Bowyer not sure where you get "here is the deal"  ??? :-\ if it is straight grained it don't matter stave or board. :)
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2014, 08:15:58 am »
Mostly working with osage, I like to split mine into large staves, chase a ring, draw my roughed out bow following the grain and then push them through my bandsaw. Sometimes I will split on one side and saw the other. I seem to get more staves that way.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2014, 11:06:20 pm »
Quote from: Gordon on July 14, 2014, 02:14:28 am
I've sawed open lots of logs and it's never resulted in a failed bow yet. I guess I've been lucky...

Vine maple can be sawn without paying "too much" attention to grain. If you want a highly reflexed bow you will have to follow the grain for reflex.
« Last Edit: July 15, 2014, 01:59:09 am by vinemaplebows »
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #20 on: July 18, 2014, 01:55:40 pm »
Blimey! I'm using Osage for only my second time ever... oh boy is that stuff 'grain centric'. just shout at it and it splits. Mind if you clamp it up and shout "heat" it seems to bend   ::)
I'm really enjoying the yeller stuff ;D
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Offline bubby

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2014, 02:19:26 pm »
Yeah del that yeller wood can kinda spoil ya
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Offline campx

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2014, 10:31:09 am »
Bandsaw for me.  I'm done with wedges and mallets and sledgehammers and hatchets.....then again there is no woodaround here worth splitting.  So far all the bandsawed stuff ( elm, Douglas maple, hawthorn, juniper) has been working for me.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2014, 10:45:28 am »
Del, about 9 years ago I yelled, "Bow!"! This bow happened from a little tiny 1 inch osage split.
My daughter loves this bow. Jawge


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Offline Del the cat

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Re: How important is splitting wood vs. sawing?
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2014, 01:54:06 pm »
That's a great pic   :)
It would make a great Christmas Card for us archers and bowyers!
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