Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ravenbeak on March 27, 2010, 09:30:04 pm
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I resopnded to a classified add in the paper a few months back. "yew wood for sale"
It ended up being a man who lived only a few kilometers away. A nice man, a logger named Ron. He had available yew planks, 8 ft long, 3 inch thick and 14 inches wide. He was selling them to be planned down for counter tops, 300 bucks each. I ended up buying 2 for 500 which i still haven't done anything with yet. They will likely be counters in the kitchen counters,
I did show Ron what I was interested in for bow making as I had a couple staves available.
He gave me a call a few weeks ago and said he had a piece for me 50 bucks. I went and picked it up, - wow, see for yourself
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and the rest,
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That's a great $50 worth! It should keep you in bow staves for a while.
Del
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That is an awsome looking log, and for fifty bucks, oh yeah!
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....depending on what it looks like after it's split.
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well, I've got it split into quarters so far. It split ok, a tiny bit of twist, not too major and a couple knots which will make the useable wood down between 75 to 83 inches, I think.. One of the quarters is still pretty big and could be split again. but for now, it's split and sealed, here's the pics
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Nice work, I bet you were holding your breath for a few moments once she started to go.
Del
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Nice! I think I would have sawed that in to quarters. Definitely well worth the 50 bucks....
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people from oregon say WOW...that is one heck of a log...every thing looks perfect on it...i cant wait to see what you get out of it..john
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Definitely good stuff there. Nice buy. Jawge
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Nice looking log.Nice buy. :)
Pappy
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Just curious Ryan, but why would you have sawn it? everything I've ever read or heard is that splitting is better to follow longitudinal grain. and therefore have always done it that way, just curious....
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Jamie, Very nice yew and I to would agree with Ryan and would have saw it. The reasoning is that with yew it works well being sawn and sometimes less waste. At times it will twist when splitting and it would otherwise be fine if run through the saw. It is much more tolerant for sawing then other bow woods. The just quarter up where it's best and follow the crown to keep from having any grain run off. Often when there are knots down one side I will position the cuts to go right through them and leave the best clearest section between the cuts.
The other reason is that when splitting it will sometimes tear a splinter down the heart wood ruining the belly.