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Offline Michael C.

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #45 on: June 29, 2009, 02:11:18 pm »
Hey Pat,

I noticed you said you violated a few rings on the back when you were making this bow, has it had any effect on it in the long run?
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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #46 on: June 29, 2009, 03:00:14 pm »
Awesome bow there Pat.  Great work
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« Reply #47 on: June 29, 2009, 03:46:37 pm »
What a beauty Pat, as always , You done good!!!!
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Offline Postman

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« Reply #48 on: June 29, 2009, 06:37:37 pm »
what a cool bow!
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #49 on: June 29, 2009, 11:05:30 pm »
very nicely done, beautiful bow

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Offline Pat B

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #50 on: June 29, 2009, 11:27:18 pm »
Thanks guys. That bow was built a year ago. It still shoots well.
  Michael, yew is one of the few woods(if not the only) that some grain violations are not a problem. As long as the back doesn't have abrupt violations or dips into a ring you should be OK. Generally with yew the grain is relatively thin if not extremely thin and difficult to chase without some violations. This particular bow has quite a bit of grain violations on it's back and it has knots and other character issues.
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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #51 on: June 30, 2009, 08:01:32 am »
I'm late seeing this beauty, very fine job Pat on a challenging piece of wood!  ;)
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Offline nugget

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #52 on: June 30, 2009, 12:33:46 pm »
Wow is all I can say. Very cool bow.
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« Reply #53 on: June 30, 2009, 12:38:35 pm »
My brother picked up some Juniper from a ranch we go hunting on in Oregon. He made a 33" bow that draws to 20" and it has pretty much a hundred ring violations! He just cut it out he didn't do any ring chasing or anything  ??? anyone know what kind of juniper this is? I am making one right now from the stuff. So Yew isn't the only!!
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« Reply #54 on: June 30, 2009, 12:40:35 pm »
Oh I forgot to mention the grain is way way thin on that juniper also.
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Offline Michael C.

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #55 on: June 30, 2009, 01:48:39 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on June 29, 2009, 11:27:18 pm
Thanks guys. That bow was built a year ago. It still shoots well.
  Michael, yew is one of the few woods(if not the only) that some grain violations are not a problem. As long as the back doesn't have abrupt violations or dips into a ring you should be OK. Generally with yew the grain is relatively thin if not extremely thin and difficult to chase without some violations. This particular bow has quite a bit of grain violations on it's back and it has knots and other character issues.

Thanks that's encouraging I have a stave right now that is pretty knotty like this one and I am pretty sure its going to break but I have to try anyway ;D I kept trying to get to one ring and kept getting into another ring before I knew it and didn't know how much it mattered. The violations aren't too bad, but the only other pieces of wood I have worked are Osage and elm. I knew Osage was particular about staying on one ring and I haven't figured out how well elm takes violations yet but I seem to be having the same problem with rings on it. To many thin rings and I don't think I picked a wide enough ring to follow, so I will probably learn a good lesson on tension and compression :)
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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #56 on: June 30, 2009, 08:10:12 pm »
A simple backing of silk, linen, rawhide or even brown grocery bag paper glued down with TBII or TBIII will go a long way to helping them hold together. On thin ringed osage I always add a rawhide backing.  This yew bow had a few miladies but I wanted to keep it naked to see how it would act. So far, so good! ;D
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Offline Little John

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #57 on: July 01, 2009, 10:11:04 am »
Youre the man Pat.  Beautiful character bow and plenty of medicine to go with it. Very nice work on a tough piece, came out good. wish you success with it this fall. Have a good Independence Day.    Kenneth
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Offline Little John

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #58 on: July 01, 2009, 10:18:10 am »
Oh heck I just realized this was a last years bow, was just trying to see why it was not in bow of the month compitetion. Awsome bow still, hope you are still enjoying it.
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Offline xin

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Re: 15 mile yew
« Reply #59 on: July 01, 2009, 11:51:22 pm »
Pat B, True craftsmanship on a challenging piece of wood.  Always enjoy your posts, whether its bow or arrows.  Thanks for sharing!!!
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