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Yew billets belly drop build with sinew backing.

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superdav95:
Good day gang.  Here is a build I’ve wanting to do for some time.  I may also sinew back another yew selfbow too at the same time I do this one to compare.  This particular bow build will be built with very dense yew heartwood belly drops off another bow I recently built.  It’s heartwood only and I plan to apply a couple layers of sinew as backing.  Aiming for a 50-55 lbs bow.  I’ve got the z splice done already and then glued up a section for the handle to build up handle and fades area.  Glue I’m using is ea40 smooth on.  I use an old saw blade to rough up surfaces and acetone wipe them prior to glue up.  Clamp them tight for good fit.  Band saw used to cut my splice after tracing on my pattern on the two halves.  I’m not sure how this will go as there is no sapwood at all but my guess is that it will work ok.  I’ve heard of issues delaminating sapwood from the heartwood when sinew is used to back a yew selfbow.  I’ll compare and see.  Should be a good test to see if sinew alone can be adequate for backing heartwood only yew bow.  Let’s find out!  Anyways thanks for following along. 

mmattockx:
Sweet, I always enjoy following your work Dave.


Mark

Selfbowman:
I’m watching Dave. I’ve got a bunch of good Osage drops . Gave a bunch away too. I need to build some short bows for flight.

Muskyman:
I been thinking about trying a splice myself so I’m all over these posts showing the process..
Looking good Dave

Selfbowman:
Dave how thick is your drops at the z splice? I want to have minimum 3/4 to 1”.

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