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New Yew bow build along
Ian.:
I'm not very strong at the minute and to get anything in distance you have to pull the bow easily and really get a god loose - that isn't me at the minute. A friend of mine is keen to shoot it and he could easily. For now this bow gets put with half a dozen others until I get myself back into these weights.
9333 NZ:
Nice work Ian, great to see you building big bows again. You have a ripper bow there from a stunning stave. Very interested in your tillering process and like you I try getting the nocks on as soon as possible. After meeting with Jake he explained you guys don't piss about bending the stick and tiller incredibly quickly, something I would like to adopt. You make a good point about balancing the bow from center and this is something I will be doing from now on.
Cheers
Aaron
Ian.:
Cheers Aaron, I haven't posted this one on Facebook yet I'll wait until the video is done.
In total I think it was on the tiller for 20 minutes, strung maybe an hour in total. If it wasn't for me having to get the camera in order and take pictures it would have been strung only as much as I was tillering it. Now it's never going to be put back on the tiller again and probably only string a few times this year. I wouldn't even say this was a serious flight bow :/
mikekeswick:
It would interesting to keep weighing it at a set drawlength during it lifespan to see if the weight drops as it 'beds in' so to speak. I fully concure that if you get the tapers right the tiller will be right. I just get a bit iffy when I read - you guys don't piss about bending the stick and tiller incredibly quickly....
Impressive stuff nonetheless.
Knotty:
Let us know when you get the video ready!
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