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yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy: FULL DRAW ADDED
« on: September 25, 2009, 06:30:48 pm »








here's the beginnings of this one...
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Offline Cromm

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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2009, 07:20:39 pm »
And what a start. Keep the photo's coming...................
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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 07:29:04 pm »
this one has crazy reflex...it was 7 feet long, but i cut it down to 66...
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2009, 08:04:03 pm »
That camera don't take close ups? >:D
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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2009, 10:37:12 pm »
Beautiful RADIUS I keep telling u but u must hear that alot as u never respond back!! U must have quite the stock ur always making bows with alot of good and different material...ALL I can say is keep up the good work BRO.!!! :o
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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2009, 04:11:52 am »
Nice looking stave...looks tighter grained than mine >:(. My sapwood is a bit diffuse, not such a crisp even transition.
Wanna swap? O:)

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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2009, 05:31:08 am »
That looks like a nice bit of yew. Keep the photos coming.

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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2009, 05:21:23 pm »
Quote from: VenomBOWslinger on September 25, 2009, 10:37:12 pm
Beautiful RADIUS I keep telling u but u must hear that alot as u never respond back!! U must have quite the stock ur always making bows with alot of good and different material...ALL I can say is keep up the good work BRO.!!! :o

VB i really appreciate your support, man!  I do!  I get into big fits where i make 12 or 18 bows, then i move on to other stuff...i've still got about 6 yew staves waiting to go, some long, some short, soon as i get some cash i'll be buying more of this white oak...might start trying hickory backing on these, but thin, like 1/16+...i've got a hickory-backed osage shortbow waiting for me the last year or more...

and yes!  i've got too many bows for my bow rack!

but i'm gonna make more, here they come!
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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2009, 01:23:29 pm »
kept slaving at the thing yesterday...floor tillering these yew staves is FUN!!!!!!   You can really push on em..."low bend resistance, high elasticity" is how tim baker describes this wood...so i just kept pushing it...and it just kept bending and springing back...









i can get a string on it which is about an inch or two shorter than the NTN distance...but it still just goes back to reflex...i think this sucker's gonna end up being no wider than my thumb!
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Re: yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2009, 07:04:29 pm »









this one is a hell of a lot thinner than it was yesterday, and this is what it does!  i think this wood is amazing, i've only made a few of these yew bows, and i just don't know what to do? 

I thought that by reducing it a whole bunch it would come around but no.
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Re: yew longbow
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2009, 07:05:26 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on September 26, 2009, 04:11:52 am
Nice looking stave...looks tighter grained than mine >:(. My sapwood is a bit diffuse, not such a crisp even transition.
Wanna swap? O:)

Del

i might...
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Re: yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2009, 07:28:00 pm »
Looks like "reaction" wood from a highly stressed tree. I'd get it braced before it turns into a kids bow.
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Re: yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2009, 07:33:01 pm »
well no kidding


i shouldn't be so sarcastic

actually last night i talked to one of my friends who is a tattoo artist and she offered me 6 hours tattooing in exchange for a longbow for her son.  He's a wimp.  I've got this one in mind for him anyway...i just would like to get it to bend the other way before i hand it over, or god knows what she'll draw on me!

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Re: yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2009, 10:59:32 pm »
I try not to state the obvious to you so much, but most of the time I believe you need it.
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Re: yew longbow--need tiller help, this one's crazy
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2009, 11:03:24 pm »
Steam it and clamp it to a board. Should take out the reflex and the tendency to twist on ya..... Maybe!
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