Can I use the the animation/action from one bone on another bone on a later time? I have a animated bone : translation on Y with ipo keys,

can I use this exact data (linked) with another bone - starting on a later frame?

and how?

Or how is a proper workflow for this...?

maybe nla?
Yes, when you keyframe a bone an action will be created. To assign the same action to another bone just switch to the Dope Sheet set Action Editor mode and select the action.



In the NLA you can arrange the actions e.g.