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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2009, 08:43:05 am »
 I'm working on one now myself, Pappy. I've reduced the sap rings down to 3/16 and it is 1 1/4" at the fades. I've violated rings but I am going to back it.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2009, 09:07:45 am »
Thanks Shamus,I like that design also.Mullet how dose yours feel as far a floor tiller
and what dimensions are you using,length/with and such.I have been warned not to go to thin to start with and get it to light. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2009, 01:09:09 pm »
 Pappy, I'll measure it when I get home.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2009, 02:33:30 pm »
Careful with the dust, it can make you pretty sick. Some people it doesn't seem to bother, but some get pretty ill. A dust mask is recommended.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2009, 02:34:21 pm »
Quote from: Dano on November 11, 2009, 02:33:30 pm
Careful with the dust, it can make you pretty sick. Some people it doesn't seem to bother, but some get pretty ill. A dust mask is recommended.

i found sometimes it did, sometimes not. 
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2009, 05:32:19 pm »
 Pappy, right now I'm 64" N to N. Starting at the fades it is 1 1/4" till the last 9" then I'm tapering it down to a point. It is bending now and the thickness is around 3/4". I do know from experiance, like cedar, when it quits bending, don't try to get a little more out of it. I have a few yew take-down projects in the future. ;)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2009, 05:23:08 am »
Thanks Eddie,I plan on starting on it this weekend,if I ant skinning deer. ;) ;D Thanks for the heads up Dano. My shop is outside so I usually don't have much of a dust problem but will keep that in mind.  :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2009, 08:19:47 pm »
Pappy,I started out making a 66 inch longbow on a yew stave that I had and the wood was so nice to work,those reddish curls just rolling of I ended up with a 45# bow at 26,thought I had plenty of wood it will likely look like its too thick when its time to quite.I shortened it down to 64 inches and got 52#but about 21/2 inches set in the bottom limb.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2009, 10:24:00 pm »
 Yew dust can slow or even stop the heart guys, so be carefull, not something to take lightly.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2009, 11:50:03 pm »
Yew will not bend as far as osage. Make the working area of the limb long, ELB's work the entire length. Leave the tips a little bulkier than with osage, it is light but not as strong. Took me four spectacular explosions to learn these differences before I got a bow I liked from yew. Try to do most of the work with cutting tools like spokeshave and scraper. When you rasp or sand, make sure you are not breathing the dust - they use an extract for chemotherapy, very toxic stuff. As the Ferret said, "Osage dust makes me feel like I have a cold, yew dust makes me feel like I'm dying!"
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2009, 11:09:38 am »
Well I finely got back around to working on this,I got it laid out,the sap wood reduced to a little
over a 1/4 .It is 1 3/8 at the fads to mid limb then to 1/2 at the tips to start with.It had some
propeller twist so I oiled it and got that out along with a couple of inches of reflex. I plan on reducing it a little more then cut nocks and start tillering it this weekend.See what you think
so far.It is still pretty stiff but I was told to start with it floor tillered stiffer than I would on and
Osage or Hickory. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2009, 08:11:11 pm »
Thats looking nice Pappy.  ;)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2009, 06:27:40 am »
I was hopping you would chime in Keenan ,I need to know how close to floor tiller I should get it before I long string it,It is pretty stiff now,Gary told me to leave it heavy to start ,I just don't
know how heavy.It feels like 100 plus now. :) It's pretty clean wood except for that one ripple you can see in the picture,and the growth rings are really tight. :) I have violated some of the rings on the back but plan on rawhide backing it,should I do that before I start tillering ? Gary said I could do it later but this is different from anything I have worked on.I always do it first if I think it is going to need it. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2009, 04:58:22 pm »
Pappy, when you put a whole bow on a form like that, how do you go about heating it to keep its bend?  I mean do you oil up both limbs and heat both limbs at a time or just concentrate on one area at a time adding clamps along the way?

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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2009, 08:04:53 pm »
I saw now the first pictures ( that kind of yew I could just dreaming) and tought that stave schould gives two bows.

A self and a hickory backed one, but now is too late :(

Yew is fantastic U will love it shure. Take care of it is very poison! Dont breath it down whan sanding it!
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