Anybody ever try different "Fast" woods with Osage??

[Diamondback59]

chris  iv made some fast bows with ipe and osage backin and osage /boo  backin... beefwood   aka bullett wood  and osage are on my to do list  i r /d them them
i used thinner lams glued into a r/d form i had a ipe /osage doin well over  200 a mojam 2 years ago  brock

[SEMO_HUNTER]

That's impressive Brock, we will have lots to talk about in the near future, so expect to get some questions headed your way. lol

[Diamondback59]

sounds good bro  soons i get  off this job  and moved into my  new place and settled well  have some chats  hopin  ya make it to mojam this year so we can visit  brock

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I'm gonna do my best to make it there, hope I do.
Looking forward to it!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Originally posted by John Scifres:
The older I get, the more I sound like a Grumpy Old Man.  I will offer this up.  Make lots of bows.  Make lots of different kinds of bows.  Experiment and learn.  BBOs are awesome.  HBOs are awesome.  Ipe and bloodwood and beefwood are awesome.  They all make wonderful bows.  Use them all and show us what you find.  The best bow is the one you are working on now.  There are many paths to the Promised Land    

I highly recommend Dean Torges' video "Hunting the Bamboo Backed Bow" (bowyersedge.com).  You will learn so much from that GOM.

You have no idea how true that is John.
I start getting bored with the same old tried and true designs and start trying to mix it up.
I'm not above trying anything if I think it will up the performance of one of my own hand made bows. Each one kind of takes on a life of it's own with it's unique character, but all the same principles apply.
I need to add some bending into my arsenal and maybe a few different woods also, because Osage is all I have worked with up to this point.

[John Cooper]

That heat gun and caul setup is going to speed up your osage self bows just by adding reflex.  Also, refine your tiller, thin your tips, and don't over-stress the wood as you tiller it.  

John