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Yew Bow Goes BANG!

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Cameroo:
Marc, that's entirely possible.  I didn't see any flaw in the backing grain, but there must have been something funky with it.

Steve, when I last weighed it, I think it was around 890 grams, but if I remember right, at that point it had only been tillered out to about 24 inches, so there would have been more wood removed.  I do still have the pieces but my digital scale crapped out. I can probably find another if you are really interested.

The arc on this one was really even and balanced, but I suspect if I had left the lower limb a bit stiffer it might have had a better chance of surviving.  Here's a video of it on the tiller tree if you are interested. Pulling to approximately 120 lbs (and wrapping my little 110 lb scale!) at 30 inches.

https://youtu.be/MEVtDikc-aQ

Cameroo:
Steve - FYI, I double checked and I was slightly mistaken. The final weight (I re-weighed the pieces) was 899 grams.

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