Have not had the mindset to do much bow work recently, the most I have done is potter round and tidy up all the shavings.
I think sometimes unless your mind is upto it then you just make more mistakes and dont enjoy it.
This evening after a face drilling at the dentist I had some time to play with this bit of osage. Rough out an elm and reduce this yew a bit.
Now this is a tasty looking workshop floor!
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Roughing out a yew longbow. Only tend to get to this every now and then as I am not thinking about longbows at the min.
The Osage is getting there
![Cheesy :D](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
. This is the first time it has seen a string after cutting in some temp nocks.
I added about an inch of reflex to the outers. Could have done more but i think less heat will give me a better intro to the wood.
Currently about 1,5/8 of reflex and not budged at all yet.
Barely any eight on the string
![](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/Bow%20making/IMAG3917_zps33656b07.jpg)
Nice to see nothing jumps out so near brace. The shape the bow should be is getting much clearer in mind now even before its seen a string.
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