2021 what did you do today?

[Roy from Pa]

Rich that is awesome..

[Mad Max]

Nice shredd , I had a osage stave from Pine Hollow bows , when you get a stave the sides and back are dark and when you chase a ring it's yellow , not this one, it stayed the same color (seasoned Osage color), I called Mike at PH bows and he said it's the minerals in the water where it grew .

[Roy from Pa]

Big Bob from Australia made me a bow in a bow swap a few years ago that has that Sheoak in the riser.

[Roy from Pa]

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Yes, installed a photo resize app into my cell phone.

Simple and easy to resize pictures.

[Stagmitis]

Rich a while ago when I saw you were using Sheoak I googled it. Dang tree looks like a conifer from the outside but dang if it isnt a hardwood! I remember seeing those trees when I was in Fla but would have never thought it was what it is. I brought back some 6`logs of Loquat last year and when its dry I am going to incorporate it into a bow.

[Shredd]

  Down here we call it Australian Pine... Some call it iron wood because it is heavy...  It is a hardy tree and was bought here for wind breaks for the harsh nw to n cold winds, I guess to protect the crops such as orange trees... I like the term Aus. pine over Sheoak but I use Sheoak because I don't want people confusing it with conifer pine which is a lot softer wood...  If you look close at the needles they are segmented and not at all like real pine needles...

[Pat B]

Australian pine makes good selfbows too.

[bow loving man]

Took one off the form, first try with topless...and cleaned it up

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[flyonline]

At a guess that looks like Hairy Oak (from the related family Allocasuarina). Between the Casuarina and Allocasuarina families there's quite a few species - Wikipedia <cough> lists 77 species.



I believe the cones are also great for smoking food, and it makes good firewood. Never tried it myself, I've heard it mentioned but haven't seen a selfbow made of it either. Another one to add to the list.....

[Roy from Pa]

Steve is that also called blood wood?

[Flem]

Hey Roy, did you try out your new bandsaw dust port?

[Roy from Pa]

Yes the magnets were not strong enough to hold it in place very well, so back to the drawing board...

But it did keep way less dust out of the saw bottom.

Thinking about a 1.5 inch plastic pipe with a slot cut out just wide enough for the saw blade and say cut a hole on top just around the blade path, then hook the vac hose to the end of it.

My wheels are turning, LOL...

[Flem]

Did you use rare earth magnets? Those suckers are strong as hell!

[Roy from Pa]

I don't know what they were, had 4 on each board, must not have been very strong ones.

I'll see if I can find those types.

[Flem]

Neodymium magnets.

[Roy from Pa]

  Thanks

Prolly otta use duct tape, LOL

[Shredd]

At a guess that looks like Hairy Oak (from the related family Allocasuarina). Between the Casuarina and Allocasuarina families there's quite a few species - Wikipedia <cough> lists 77 species.



I believe the cones are also great for smoking food, and it makes good firewood. Never tried it myself, I've heard it mentioned but haven't seen a selfbow made of it either. Another one to add to the list.....

   Good guess... I asked and he said it was Hairy Oak... Yes, another species of Sheoak... 
I don't know about the seed pods but the wood is supposed to be the best cooking wood...  I researched it years ago and a couple of people said it is too brittle for a self bow...  But I might not go by that... You never know unless you try and one of those species might be good for a self bow...  You will have to let us know...

[Longcruise]

Took one off the form, first try with topless...and cleaned it up

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How'd you like the topless?

[bow loving man]

Long, I liked it, I need to revise a few things if I am going to do it again. It worked well with the airhose. (note to self, make sure you have plenty of rope to tie it down before you start.) I will probably try it again after I modify the process some...For those wondering, I used 50# of air with paracord holding the airhose on and then cooked it for 4 hours. It was fine....

[Roy from Pa]

Topless otta be interesting?

Just sayen.......