Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: danny f on January 28, 2013, 03:08:26 pm
-
hi there, i have had this yew drying for abit and today thought i would rough out a bow so it drys abit quicker. i was only gona go for only one bow but decided to risk it and try splitting it into 2. i managed to get them split perfectly and ended up with 2. one is reflexed the other is bent to one side. i am going to draw out the bows and rough them out but was wondering about these knots. the one with the branch i will probably go around but what should i do about the knots that go right across the stave? could i just cut down the sides of them. the staves are roughly 2" wide and 67" long thanks for any advice danny.
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/dfee82/IMG_0057.jpg)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/dfee82/IMG_0059.jpg)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/dfee82/IMG_0060.jpg)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/dfee82/IMG_0061.jpg)
-
Seems good enough.
-
So can I just cut through the clusters of knots?
-
Where are the knots at in terms of the eventual bow (Mid-limb, fades, outer third, etc.)? You might be able to avoid the knots altogether. You can get away a pretty narrow limb design with yew. I would avoid leaving a cut through knot on the edge of the limb, though yew can typically handle it. Keep the knot encased and leave a swell around it on the limb edge. You can always take more off later.
-
on the left hand stave there are knots 13" from one tip and 18" from the other. the rest i can avoid. (i think) the other stave has one largish knot about 18" from one end, and the other side has 3 or 4 knots spread out. but more towards the tips to about 18" in. there is also a sharp ridge in the left hand stave about 3" long but that is where the handle would be so im not to worried by it.