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2023 bow trade - BUILD IN PROGRESS
superdav95:
Got it roughed out to basic rough shape with drawknife. The Color on the sapwood is a caremel Color. The rings are good and tight and the heartwood has a rich reddish brown Color. I’ll do some more thinning out and shaping to floor tiller before I get to taking and twist minor as it is and any remaining alignment issues. Here’s a few more pics.
Muskyman:
I’m gonna be watching this one Dave. Want to see how you handle a few things with this yew stave
superdav95:
String alignment time! Here’s my fix for this issue. Hopefully. I like to correct just a hair past the direction I’m wanting to go with yew especially. I find it springs back more then other woods. I use a string as can be seen in the pics and heat up he handle area (on this particular bow). I just use a heat gun and heat it up in handle area and let it cool. It may need another heat session but hopefully not. It seemed like a fairly straight piece of wood but when shaping and laying out the bow the grain had other plans. No matter this should work fine. Fingers crossed.
superdav95:
Got tips aligned good and got it bending evenly to 23” at 50lbs. This was before adding any reflex to the limbs and flipping the tips. I will throw back on tiller tree tomorrow after leaving it clamped and heated in reflex cools overnight. Here’s my reflex form for this one. My goal for this bow will be around 50lbs at 25” draw. Things went well so far. We shall see how it progresses.
PEARL DRUMS:
You're work is exceptionally clean and your shop in a dang mess :) I expected more, Dave.
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