Just braced yew

[Tree_Ninja]

Hey folks,

   I'm trying to take this one slow. I have trouble floor tillering, and have stopped using a long string because of various issues.

   This yew is 62" and maybe an inch past brace. Top limb on the right. It looks to me like I need to scrape some wood off the right limb from mid limb on. Looks like a hinge might develop on the inner third on right limb(if you draw a line 1 1/2" in from right side of cinder block). 

Left limb looks ok to me. Any other opinions/comments before I start pulling this one further?

The unbraced photo is a mirror image because I flipped the bow on the tree. I used a photo editor to mirror it so that it is facing the same way as the braced photo.

[Pat B]

The outer 2/3 of each limb looks stiff to me but be careful just off the fade on the right(top), like you said, the beginning of a hinge.

[dragonman]

like Pat says!! watch out for that spot , the weakest point will determine  where to remove the remaining  wood
you can even see without the braced picture that the outer limbs are too slightly too thick

[lebhuntfish]

The outer 2/3 of each limb looks stiff to me but be careful just off the fade on the right(top), like you said, the beginning of a hinge.

like Pat says!! watch out for that spot , the weakest point will determine  where to remove the remaining  wood
you can even see without the braced picture that the outer limbs are too slightly too thick

+1 exactly!
Good start though, absolutely not the worst first brace I've ever seen or done myself. Patrick

[Tree_Ninja]

Thanks for the tips gys. The unbraced was actually from one step before, but the thickness difference is pretty obvious in the picture.

 I need to gey my eyes calibrated, but at least I saw the hinge!

[Tree_Ninja]

Here it is at about 11".  Not sure of weight probably around 30# right now.

    I've been taking it slow , this is what it looked like last night before I called it a day. I'm looking to get some more opinions before I start working/pulling on it more.

The left limb is looking stiff on inner 1/3 to me. The right limb looks good until the tip. Maybe a little stiff on right limb middle?

Thanks for the help (limping along).

[DC]

I would work on the left inner(like you said) until it matches the right. Then I would leave the inners for a while and work on the mid and outers for a bit.