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PatM:
It looks like the sapwood is a near perfect thickness. Is there any reason that you butchered the outer ring so badly?
I know many yew bows seem to have the outer rings stepped through but it seems like a perfect ring is a better guarantee of soundness.
WillS:
The brown stuff is the cambium Pat. He's not touched the sapwood rings, just done a quick job of taking off most of the cambium so he can lay out a profile. I would imagine all of the remaining brown cambium will be removed as he continues.
That's what I do, anyway.
PatM:
You can clearly see actual shavings gouged out of the sapwood. A pristine ring looks much more polished and you are certainly not going to achieve it with a drawknife.
wizardgoat:
Looks like that sapwood is around 1/2" which to me is too thick. If it's that thick everywhere you will run the risk of your outer limbs being mostly sapwood, which isn't horrible, but It will take more set and not look as good in my opinion. I haven't made a bow over 100#, so maybe I'm wrong in this case. All my yew bows are under 60#, and I go with 3/16-1/4" sapwood thickness
I worked a 5 year old yew stave, and after floor tiller I weighed it and kept an eye on it. It still dropped weight for another 2 months.
AH:
--- Quote from: PatM on November 06, 2014, 09:24:22 am ---It looks like the sapwood is a near perfect thickness. Is there any reason that you butchered the outer ring so badly?
I know many yew bows seem to have the outer rings stepped through but it seems like a perfect ring is a better guarantee of soundness.
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I didn't violate any of the rings, I just took the bark off. It's not "butchered" although I guess I can see where you're getting that. Those brown marks are just bits of cambium that I haven't removed yet.
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