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Title: What's this white wood?
Post by: BenBow on April 18, 2017, 06:02:00 PM

I've dropped this tree since it's encroaching on our leach field. It is more of a weed though. There are two others left and I wish I could take them down too. This tree produces BB sized berries in the fall that the Robin's eat and redeposit in the spring. So they come up all over like Chinese elm. Seems heavy and hard so don't know if it would work for bow wood. Any ideas on what it is? It's nothing I'm familiar with.
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Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: scrub-buster on April 18, 2017, 06:06:00 PM

Looks like hackberry to me.  It's a good bow wood.  Steam bends very well.

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: mwosborn on April 18, 2017, 06:29:00 PM

Yep, looks like hackberry. There are a couple of species - not sure what you have.  One of the best white woods for making bows IMO.

I have also purchased "sugarberry" (one of the hackberry species) lams from Troy at the wood gallery that worked well in glass bows.

Better save some!

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: BenBow on April 18, 2017, 06:39:00 PM

Hmm those other two look like they need triming

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: monterey on April 18, 2017, 09:57:00 PM

Hmmmmmm...  Those billets look a little short.   :biglaugh:

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Mad Max on April 18, 2017, 09:58:00 PM

yep

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Roy from Pa on April 19, 2017, 07:14:00 AM

Looks like riser wood now..

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: BenBow on April 19, 2017, 08:01:00 AM

They're Roy size now. He'll make a 10 splice bow just to show he can   :)

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Roy from Pa on April 19, 2017, 08:12:00 AM

I'll need to plug some numbers into my computer digital stacker program and make a chart to fugger out what stack I need, them program my cnc machine...    :laughing:

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: BenBow on April 19, 2017, 08:20:00 AM

CNC = CROTCHETY NORTHERN CITIZEN   :laughing:

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Roy from Pa on April 19, 2017, 08:22:00 AM

Ah, Ben.. Now I gotta add ya to the thumpin list beside McKenzie...   :)

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: BMorv on April 19, 2017, 10:07:00 AM

Yeah that's hackberry/sugarberry.  Don't park your car under one in the summer.  They mist a sap that's hell to clean off.  Had a big one in my front yard at my previous house.

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Troy D. Breeding on April 22, 2017, 08:24:00 AM

Ben, now you done gone and done it. Roy had been doing his best to be a good boy and now you have him pulling out his list again....

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: BenBow on April 22, 2017, 10:03:00 AM

Troy he's been too nice and it's been scaring me lol

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: RAU on May 20, 2017, 08:39:00 PM

I think it's hackberry as well

Title: Re: What's this white wood?
Post by: Mad Max on May 20, 2017, 09:14:00 PM

Ben
Cut them 6' long and seal the ends real good, split one time.