white oak, how narrow ??
I have some narrow white oak billets that I'd like to make a hunting weight bow from but am concerned about them being too narrow. Looks like I could possibly get a 1-1/4" bow from them. would bamboo...
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If you reflex them slightly and then heattreat them, I think you could get 60# @ 28" no problem.
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Sonny: Also: If ring lines on the back are straight or almost straight, no swerves, then backing is not needed. White oak is hickory-like in tension strength. For a given drawweight and drawlength,...
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From my experience, heat treating really makes white oak shine. I had a white oak bow that when tillered came in well underweight, and it took an awful set (this was in the monsoon this Summer). After...
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Yep, heat treating works very well on white oak, I dont know about a 60#er but definetly hunting weight.... I made one 1 1/4" tapering from midlimb to 1/2" tips 62" long and 45#@28" and it held a...
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If any of you guys had shot the bow Iktomi made and gave to Richard Saffold, you would be scrambling to find some white oak about now...Ken
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Ken, how's she shoot? I like to hear others perceptions of my work. I consider that bow about average for my flatbows. In reality, I haven't been able to get a durable osage flatbow to shoot as fast...
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Some would argue this with me to the very end but I think white oak has got it all over hickory.. ...it works so much nicer, it takes less set, it seems to perform at least as good and maybe better,...
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Ryan, remember, there isn't one "white oak" species. There are at least a dozen species and hybrids that are marketed under the name "white oak". In my experience, some of the white oaks suck moisture...
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Iktomi, I'm not talking board bows, I've never even built one. So "Wood being Marketed" under another name is not a consideration to me. We have only one white oak around here, and thats what I'm...
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Iktomi, I loved the way that bow shot. I was raving about it, and Richard jokingly asked me if it kind of made me sick... Ha ha. I told him something like, "No, it gives me something to aspire to". I...
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Ryan,I'm not talking about board bows either. On the west coast there are about 8 species of "white oak". Some are better bow woods than others, the good ones suck up moisture like hickory.
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Ken, It will come with me to the next shoot. Richards Bowyery
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