Which yew sapwood ring to chase

[leonwood]

On yew sapwood, does it matter if you chased the darker coloured ring or the lighter coloured ring? The lighter always feels a bit more crumbly but I guess with yew it does not matter?

[Del the cat]

Ah yes the crumbly chicken meat! take that off, a coarse file or rasp VERY lightly across the grain will take that off.
Have a look at this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElP8l396qxM
Del

[leonwood]

Ah thanks Del, I was hoping you would see the question! The darker ring it is!

[Bryce]

Why would you chase a ring on yew?

[High-Desert]

+1 on what Bryce said. Unless you enjoy the tedious task of chasing a ring that nearly invisiable or just want to. I've grossly violated yew sapwood, and never had a break at a violation.

[Ryan Jacob]

I mean, coarse grained yew does exist

[Del the cat]

Why would you chase a ring on yew?

Cosmetic mostly and because we can 
(Probably a good idea too if it is very coarse ringed )
Del

[High-Desert]

Why would you chase a ring on yew?

Cosmetic mostly and because we can 
Del

Good enough of a reason. It's certainly an entertaining challenge.

[Bryce]

Why would you chase a ring on yew?

Cosmetic mostly and because we can 
Del

Good enough of a reason. It's certainly an entertaining challenge.

Can you now? Heartwood-more plausible. But sapwood....idk what kinda yew y’all using but there is no way and no reason too chase.

Pfft! Eff that noise. Just make a bow;)

[stuckinthemud]

Also, the sapwood can be too thick and need reducing - there is a post on the warbows section where the recommendation by Wills (I think it was him) was for sapwood only one or two rings thick.

[Dances with squirrels]

No way?

It can be done. I've done it on each yew bow I've made, with very few violations.

I'm working on a yew elb now. I thinned the sapwood and chased a single ring from end to end. I don't believe there's a single violation in it. It's quite thin ringed high elevation yew. I'd guess 60+ rpi. It probably took me as long to chase that ring as some folks spend on an average whole bow's construction  But I'm glad I did it. She's shur purdy.

[Badger]

  I like to chase the rings also. I know you don't need to but after working with so much osage it just kind of gets ingrained in you. I use a scraper and a rasp as a rule.

[Del the cat]

I think this one was easy to chase 
Del

[Dances with squirrels]

Yeah, that's a little different than what I'm working on 

[High-Desert]

No way?

It can be done. I've done it on each yew bow I've made, with very few violations.

Of course it can be done, and it's not hard, just time consuming, that's all. Proper lightin is the key. I've done it on most of my yew bows, but I know it's not necessary.