Cody wrote: Just split my new Hickory log open and the wood is filled with the small worm holes all through it. My question is how bad does the affect the bow?? I imagine that its weakens it quiet a lot but this is my first try at cutting my own log. So keep going or cut it up for firewood before I waste a lot of time??
A hole back to belly can be dealt with as Clay showed us in his build along last year. A hole crossing side to side will result in a failure. Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I made the bow anyway to see what would happen. It broke while on the tiller board. Just slowly gave way. Nothing spectacular.
It is important to remove the bark from Hickory and bring it indoors to a shop or closet to keep the beetles out of it. I think the eggs may be laid on the bark but not sure. I harvest my wood in winter, get the bark off, and bring it inside the shed. I’ve had no problems there.
