First Yew

[Blacktail]

This is a project I started years ago and I decided to get it done. I just looked at the photos and the tiller is off a bit on one of the limbs so I will go back and take off some more wood but I wanted to post this before Keened took off back east. The draw is 24inches and 30lbs. Has a four inch handle. It is an 1.1/8th at fade outs and tapers to 1/2 inch nocks. It is the first yew that I have done and it is the first handle that my wife did in this style. Hope you enjoy and I will go back to work sanding on the one limb. Thanks, John.

[adb]

Well... you're right, your tiller is very uneven. The bottom limb is much stiffer. Your top limb has an elliptical tiller, and your bottom limb has more of a circular tiller. The good news is, the top limb has not taken a lot of set, so get your tiller evened up. The bow will shoot much better, and last much longer. You can even see the uneven tiller at brace. If the bow comes out a little lighter than you wanted, you can always pike it. Do not touch the upper limb... work on the bottom mid-limb, until your tiller comes even. Good luck!

[Del the cat]

As adb says you need to get the lower limb working first. There is no bend in the top limb lower quarter, so once you have get both limbs working more evenly you may want to even up the load on that upper limb a tad.
You'll also gain some lost draw weight when you can pull that sucker bach to 28" with out worrying (which will be when the tiller is more even)
Take it nice and slow, a little coaxing and she'll turn out fine.
Del

[Keenan]

 Congratulations John, very nice bow,  The dip in the top limb is what makes the tiller look off.  I think it is actually very good. The thing to remember is you want as much of the wood working as possible in equal proportion. When you have a kink like that at the end it's easy for it to look whip ended or hinged. Your handle wrap looks great, Good Job Niki.

  Did you try any heat bending yet?  I can't wait to see what you do with that motherload of yew the you have.

[Gordon]

Keenan is right about the dip on the top limb causing it to look like it is whip tillered. I often heat correct those kind of imperfections to make the bend look more even - but it is not necessary. That said, I think you could take a few scraps off the lower limb to even things out just a bit. Congratulations of a fine bow!

[Lombard]

Crooked wood still messes with my eyes, but overall it looks like a fine bow.

[Timo]

I see the bottom limb stiffer,   Is'nt the bottom limb on the right side of the screen in the first brace pic? If it were mine I would remove some on the inner third bottom limb.

[George Tsoukalas]

John, looks like you really need to get that near handle wood moving a lot more. One of the signs of a whip tillered bow is that she begins to really stack up as you approach full draw. Are you feeling excessive stacking? Jawge

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow,What Tim and Jawges said on the tiller,I love the look of Yew,Man I need to get mine finished,been saying that for months now.
   Pappy

[OldBow]

Isn't yew great! I bookmarked your yew bow for April Self BOM fun, too.

[Blacktail]

thanks so much for the great info i will jump right on it to get it fixed..john

[Blacktail]

Ok I took some wood off and is this any better?

[Pappy]

Yep ,that looks better. Nice job.
   Pappy

[Blacktail]

THANK YOU SO MUCH PAPPY..john

[Del the cat]

Yeah, that's soooooo much better.
Del