But my back hurts.. That stuff is heavy.
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Roy, Quite the haul, is this from your area of PA?
About 40 miles NW of my place.
That should heat your workshop for most of the winter Roy.
That'll make some nice risers for them glass bows you been buildin.
Nice Roy
Show us how you make your first cut's from log to lams?
I'll split them with wedges.
I'd say it was worth the drive!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
I'll split them with wedges.
and then?
keep it coming
Hey, wait a minute. 40 miles northwest of YOUR place puts it closer to MY place.
Never wore a hardhat when cutting osage, but there were times I wished I woulda :knothead:
Congrats on the yellarwood, bud.
Hey, don't cut it all into lumber this time. At least make ONE selfbow for cryin' out loud. I see a couple of prime specimens. It would be a crime if you just sawed them up for BBO's.
BBO's rock.... :)
Looks like you got the good, bad and the ugly, I don't like to waste a piece if possible either.
Yupper Eric. Ya always need pieces for riser blocks is the way I look at it.
Nice haul, Roy. Nothing like fresh cut osage, good, bad or ugly. :thumbsup:
Puts me in the mood to go cut some myself. Nice haul Roy.
Oh man I'm so jealous. I can't get Osage up here at my hardwood store of choice.
And what kind of bow would you build if you had Osage?
Gwass, of course!
Mitch go cut some. What I hate most is the 2 years ya gotta let it dry and season a bit. And 5 year old Osage is super stuff.. :) But I hain't got much of that left.. But I do have a couple pieces of 10 year old Osage.
Glass backed (clear) reflex deflex longbow. ( my design) :)
Put some Osage under the clear so it just makes the bow pop!
Roy - it is on the to do list. I haven't cut any for a couple of years, but I do have several seasoned staves to keep me going for a while.
Congrats Roybert!
Love that yellar wood........ :thumbsup:
Looking good. Wish I actually had some growing around here. Just lots of mulberry ....
Care to show us how you mill it? You'd need quite the rig to get a big log like that onto the table of a vertical bandsaw.
I've been thinking of building a long sled with indeed and outfeed table for my bandsaw to mill some logs ...
Ben, those big logs are 36 inches long. That's because of how they grew and what I was allowed to take. I got as many 36 inch pieces as I could. Some will be for lams and others will be for risers. I did get one beaut that was 64 inches long.
The 36 inch ones will be split with a wedge till I get them down closer to an extra large Osage stave size. Then I put a 3/4" X 3 tpi blade on my bandsaw and square them up and then I cut billet boards from there on. I try to get as many 1/4 sawn pieces as I can, then as many rift sawn as I can. Then if possible I'll cut some riser blocks out of it. Osage is like gold and I don't want to waste any of it. But for the first year they will just be split with the wedge and left to dry.
Thanks Roy.
I guess I assumed you were cutting the logs on the bandsaw before splitting. I'll have to try that method, split first, then saw.