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Second growth yew question. (UPDATE #3 WITH VIDEO)
DC:
Post some pictures when you get closer to final dimensions. I'd like to see where that feature :D ends up.
WillS:
The best way to determine whether you've got the sapwood thickness correct for a replica is to look *directly* at the back of the bow. If you've got the right sapwood thickness AND the correct cross section, you should see a strip of heartwood down both sides of the sapwood. If the sapwood is too thick, it wraps over the fat portion of the cross section, which means you'll not see heartwood. If the sapwood is the correct thickness but the cross section is not round enough, there will be a "corner" where the back meets the side of the bow, and you won't see the heartwood.
WillS:
Here you can see the back of my 130lb copy of MR79A0807 and you can see the heartwood along the sides. It ended up being about 3mm maximum I think.
And this is the 175+lb copy (same dimensions, same tree very different weight!)
peacefullymadewarbows:
Thank you very much Will. Notes all taken.
DC- Will do! Got a busy rest of week but hopefully this weekend I'll have it down to width and will post pics.
peacefullymadewarbows:
https://imgur.com/dV0o4HF https://imgur.com/O0x4LKE
Brought down to 1mm over final width (29mm). Cabinet scraping should do the rest. This is what the spots look like. Plus my little grain blunder. Hopefully it'll come out with radiusing the belly. Haven't done thickness taper yet. Having the growing feeling I'll need to leave all sap wood for best chances of a survivable bow. Thanks for watching!
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