These measurements were key to laying out the drawings.
This piece of the valence is at it's location except it would be under the drawing.
The buck will make left and right at the same time
Osage Orange is the Hardest hard wood in the USA
Before the invention of Barbed wire Osage was used as a fence hedge to keep cattle and Hogs in. later the Barbed wire was nailed to Osage trees.
Osage can make a 80 lb. Selfbow
"Maclura pomifera has many names, including mock orange, hedge apple, hedge, horse apple, monkey ball, monkey brains and yellow-wood. The name bois d'arc (from French meaning "bow-wood") has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock"
Hard Maple
Specific Gravity 0.72
Janka Hardness 1450
Hickory
Specific Gravity 0.82
Janka Hardness 1820
Osage Orange
Specific Gravity 0.81
Janka Hardness 2760
This piece is about 3" thick
I cut it up into pieces I will epoxy together, maybe tomorrow
The buck will be 4-1/2" tall, 4-3/8" wide and 15" long