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Offline Weylin

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Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« on: May 20, 2018, 10:46:58 pm »
Bryce hooked me up with this really nice yew branch to make a hollow limb bow out of. It's perfect for the job. It has a very high crown and it will be the deepest hollow limb that I've done. It's slow going but I'm excited to see it come together.

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Offline Badger

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2018, 11:41:37 pm »
  Will be following with interest!
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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2018, 01:05:51 am »
Yew is such a beautiful looking wood
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Offline TorstenT

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2018, 03:36:56 am »
That looks great, so far!  :OK
I really dig the intact ring of sapwood at the fades! I’m looking forward to see the finished bow!
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2018, 07:27:26 am »
Very cool Weylin. I always enjoy learning from your work. I'll be watching this one closely.
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2018, 02:13:26 pm »
Oh this one will be sooooo pretty, would love to see more pics along the way! I have two similar high crown staves yew staves drying now for exactly the same purpose...
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Offline Jonas

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2018, 05:59:00 am »
Can you show more pics of the tool you are using to create the hollow limb profile?
Looking very good so far  :)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2018, 06:18:24 am »
Like Leonwood said. That's gonna be a looker and I'm sure a shooter to. I would like to see more pictures as it progresses to
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2018, 09:53:04 am »
That's going to be one cool looking bow. Other than taking a craftsman to make, and lookin really cool, which are good enough reasons to make one, are there any physical advantages to the HLD?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2018, 06:21:54 pm »
Hollow! I love you! Won't you tell me your name?  -Jim Morrison, The Doors.
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Offline DC

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2018, 06:59:22 pm »
Snicker snicker
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2018, 11:27:14 pm »
Thanks, guys. I will try to take some more pictures along the way.

Quote from: leonwood on May 21, 2018, 02:13:26 pm
Oh this one will be sooooo pretty, would love to see more pics along the way! I have two similar high crown staves yew staves drying now for exactly the same purpose...

Look forward to seeing what you come up with

Quote from: Jonas on May 22, 2018, 05:59:00 am
Can you show more pics of the tool you are using to create the hollow limb profile?
Looking very good so far  :)

It's just a curved chisel to rough out the bow and then a gooseneck scraper to do the tillering.

Quote from: High-Desert on May 22, 2018, 09:53:04 am
That's going to be one cool looking bow. Other than taking a craftsman to make, and lookin really cool, which are good enough reasons to make one, are there any physical advantages to the HLD?
It's a way of making a high crowned stave into an efficient bow. A bow with a high crown will have the stress concentrated along a narrow strip and have a lot of extra mass in the limbs that isn't doing work. by hollowing out the belly it removes the extra mass and redistributes the stress across the length of the limb.
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2018, 06:00:31 am »
Does the depth of a groove taper towards tips with leaving same thickness between groove and back of the bow? How do you know how deep to carve this?
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Offline TorstenT

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2018, 12:35:31 pm »
@FilipT
You can use a little C-shaped gizmo with a pencil and a spring. You can adjust the pencil to the desired thickness and slide it along the limb with the pencil inside the hollowed out belly. The spring will give the pencil a little tolerance to mark different thicknesses without getting stuck. You then scrape away the marked areas until the pencil just won‘t touch them anymore, thus achieving the desired thickness all over the limb. I hope this is understandable ?  :o
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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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Re: Working on a new hollow limb yew bow
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2018, 02:34:57 pm »
Very, very interesting and beautiful
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