Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: coaster500 on January 13, 2012, 03:28:56 am
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Bow #7 is the Yew bow I built for my wife Lena. It is 63” 30@28 and a sweet little shooter. Lena liked the finish I put on my last bow (Chittamwood) so that what this one got. Again I used the almost black poplar for the tips. The grip is a nice piece of Leather stitched with sinew. I used a piece of bone for the rest and slipped is under the leather. The string silencers are alpaca wool. I really enjoyed this Yew. It is a dream to work and really makes a pretty bow. The stave was deflexed to begin with and I tried a little heat to add some reflex but after shooting a hundred or so arrows it took about one inch of set. Now I just have to teach Lena how to shoot…. Thanks for all the help!!
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Very nice bow and it looks like the missus is well on her way to being an archery lover.
Did you de-crown the back?
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Beautiful bow,finish work is very nice,she should love that. :)
Pappy
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Thank you !!
dwardo, yes I decrowned the back. Like most bows I've built I made mistakes. This one I removed some of the sapwood before I worked the stave down a bit and roughed out the bow. There were undulations in the heartwood under that sapwood and I broke Through in one area :( Fortunately Yew is very tough and this bow is light enough in weight that I got away with it and the sapwood made a sweet marbled finish under the stain. Next time I'll take the bow close to finish if I decide to remove any sap wood.
pappy I hope she'll start to shoot but she spent more time smelling it (says it smells like new furniture, :) .... )... This is the first time she has ever drawn a bow.
I sure wish Yew was easier to get and not so expensive!! I sure liked working with it. It is very easy to work and feather lite in the hand.
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Nice backing and correct tiller, good work.
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Really good looking bow, very cool that you can fling arrows with the misses.
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Awesome,beautiful bow.
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Very nice looking bow! Looks like it fits her well, great job!
Josh
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Good job !!
She will love it and out shoot you !!
I hope that is what you were wanting !
Guy
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druid, thank you.... I've been in awe of your work since I started playing at it myself. I am please with the way the almost snow white sapwood came to life with the stain. It looks like a kind of natural camo :)
swamp yeti, thank you!! I'm still learning but really enjoying it. I have such a small amount of time to work on them. I wish I had more but the bills go on????
Josh, ErictheViking, we are going to go out to the 3d course and play a bit, we'll see ...
Guy, I hope you're right!!! .... It won't take much to out shoot me though but maybe she won't mind me disappearing in the shop as much :)
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dang fine job there bow machine ! its always more fun with a partner
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From one "Machine" to another thanks Ken :)
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Very nice bow. Looks like some good tight grained yew. Great profile and nice tiller.
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WOW,that is tight rings...great piece of yew...and the work you did is sweet...i hope the wife has fun with it...thanks for sharing..john
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Beautiful bow, Sir. Great job. My wife liked it and ordered me to make a bow for her. it's really progress for her :))) because she was not interested in archery before. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you !!
Keenan, John it has a sixty per inch I was told? It was not considered premium by the man I purchased it from and I have another like it but it has less natural deflex than this one did. Lena seems to like it but as far as shooting, we'll see? I hope she will start. There is a 3d walk about next Sunday maybe I can get her to go?
BakhSA, it started when this sad little face stuck her head in the shop door and gave me the sad "you still in here look". In total honesty I did this with some selfish reasons to ( I know I'm a bad guy :( ). I figured I'd better do something when I saw this face......
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Really nice bow :-)
She looks happy with it and with good reason.
I would consider it a heavy bow for most women and given that it looks like she is elevating her shoulders on the photos, I'd say go easy on the training and remember to do your warm-up - You don't want her to get injured.
Have fun together :-) - I wish my wife would try shooting with me - but at least my daughter has the bug :-D
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Very nice bow Coaster,she ought to really like it. I know that "look" as well,and it sounds like you handled it correctly. ;) God Bless
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bolsjedyr, I'm with you I have some rubber bands for warm up. I Tillered the bow for a 28" draw and though I'm not sure were Lena's final draw length will be I think she will be in the low 20# range at her final draw length. I tillered it to 28 in case I can't get her to shoot it or she looses interest? I hope not but you never know??? Right now it looks like a go!!! My daughter shoots but lives quite a ways from me but she lives in the country and we stump shoot together when I visit :)
PeteC, mercurial in thought I'm not but every once in a while I do something that works :)