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Lloyd:
Hey Steve! Glad to see you
Lloyd

D. Tiller:
Simon sorry to hear about the stave. Were you working to build a bow out of it or was it still air drying and started fretting? How were you going about tillering it since that can cause some problems?

SimonUK:

--- Quote from: D. Tiller on May 07, 2007, 10:36:37 pm ---Simon sorry to hear about the stave. Were you working to build a bow out of it or was it still air drying and started fretting? How were you going about tillering it since that can cause some problems?

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I hadn't started tillering yet, just thinning the sapwood. I'd been a bit hasty with the wood - it was in the log for 6 months, then a stave for about 4, then bow sized for 2 months. I'd also brought it in to the warm house to work on it. I'm hoping it will still be ok as the major problem is a split in the sapwood at the nock area ...if I glue it well, maybe the string will sort of hold it together?

I have another bit which is two years old now and definitely dry. Possibly a bit brittle though. Do you work with yew?

D. Tiller:
I've worked with yew a couple times but a buddy of mine works with it exclusivly. Seams he mentioned if it is not dried out in a stable atmosphere for something like 2 years it can cause some problems. I've mostly worked with white woods though and tend to enjoy them. May not be as authentic as Yew but its a bit easier for me to get ahold of and in my budget range too. Its still the primo wood though.

Lin:
Hi Steve nice to see you on here...BTW any news on the Military Arrow results at Arley...

All the best Lin...

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