2022 what did you do today?

[Jeff Freeman]

I bet it would make some nice core laminations. JF

[Mad Max]

V splice and make a selfbow

[Roy from Pa]

I've made a couple from black locust, looks great.

[Bvas]

I want to see something done in black locust! I got a bunch of it on my property.

I got some off Kenny a few years back(lams and riser material). I really liked it for both. May have to use it again soon.

If you search S-quad, there are pics of a 54"hybrid I did using black locust and black walnut.

[Roy from Pa]

S-quad thread....

https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=156873.msg2707463#msg2707463

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Looking at the statistics for black locust, it has higher numbers for hardness, modulus of rupture, elastic modulus than hard maple.

Also less shrinkage. Very close to the same weight....


Hmm. Might be a good lam wood!

Maybe I need to quit burning it all in my fireplace and try it out!



Bvas, that is gorgeous! I LOVE the contrast.  How was the performance of the locust?

[Crooked Stic]

Edge grain makes pretty good core. And a solid riser But no much character

[kennym]

I have edge and flat grain in black locust, not as yellow as osage but pretty nice.

[Pat B]

Black locust is one of the hardest North American hardwoods but it is brittle. That is why it is susceptible to fretting in selfbows if not perfectly tillered. Like osage it also darkens when exposed to sunlight but not as dark as osage.

[Stagmitis]

Another consideration is that Black Locust is also heavier than maple.

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

48lb ft vs 44 lb ft. That ain't much. Whole lot stiffer to. Wonder if that equals it out if you could reduce lam thickness a few thou and get the same performance?

[Bvas]

Bvas, that is gorgeous! I LOVE the contrast.  How was the performance of the locust?

That bow was actually built with walnut cores and the locust was used as "veneers", but the locust was about half the stack.

I believe that bow shot low 180s with 10gpi.

That was the only bow I built off that form after I altered it, so I don't really have another to compare it to. Seems like it performs very close to maple. But it seemed to sand and work easier than maple.

[B-JS]

Made something without Micarta Riser and Carbon limbs.
Long time, since the last ones.

[Mad Max]

Nice

[bucknut]

That is a beauty.

[TradBowyer]

Very nice sir

[kennym]

Looks great B!!

[B-JS]

Thanks.
The lady, that has ordered it, picked it up today.
There was an extremely big smile in her face.

[Bvas]

Nice BJ 

Got this girl last night. So got her cleaned up and hung up today.

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[4 point]

Nice big fatty Brad! She'll fill the freezer