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Yew Stave Just Arrived...
markc324:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on September 25, 2016, 06:38:27 am ---Don't mess about with heat/steam bending... that stave is plenty straight enough to lay out a bow.
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Hi Del, I could be a bit stubborn, but I really want a clean yew bow that is straight when finished and in unbraced state. I understand wood has natural curves and that gives the bow it's character; however, what i am not certain is will the combination of reflex and deflex be a problem when tillering? that's why i imagined having a "corrected" stave to work with will make it more reassuring as the bend of relaxed and deflexed area will show different even when under the same amount of stress, which could potentially mislead my judgement, or am i just paranoid? ;D
or is it common that when tillering, the amount of stress will be efficient to take out the reflex and make the stave straight(er)?
for heat/steam bending correction, I was referring to the reflex & deflex when view from the side, not the left & right when looking down the back from on end.
anyways, do you have any comments on the greenish sapwood? does a properly seasoned yew appear like this?
by the way, i am taking good notes following your 150# warbow build!
markc324:
--- Quote from: Stalker on September 25, 2016, 06:49:49 am ---I never bought from ebay so I have this question, is price listed in shipping a price of the stave + shipping price, or shipping itself? Here is mine print screen:
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whoa...the number appears after Shipping is the shipping fee that is in addition to the item. that is crazy! but now we know for certain he does ship to Croatia, but it cost $568.54 altogether!
interestingly, you sure will receive the same stave cross-continent faster than it takes to fly over two states to me though, so it appears! ;D
FilipT:
I know, shipping price for Croatia is sometimes disgusting, especially when I sometimes see that its cheaper to to send hickory stave to a war thorn country like Afghanistan, then to Croatia, which is 3000 miles nearer and stable country. Ridiculous and pathetic.
Del the cat:
It's pretty similar to what I just made that 150# warbow from.
My advice hasn't changed, but if you did watn to heat bend it, you'd want to get it roughed out first and beginning to flex anyway.
Del
Ian.:
Can you measure the deflex? That will stop it from being a performer if you don't solve that.
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