Been annoying the missus again,
Hi guy's this is my first post,
I recently got some Pacific Yew from across the water. ( thanks Carson @ Echo). I live in Melbourne Australia and I have always wanted to make a bow from yew. I started to do a self bow with the billets, and unfortunately, as sometimes happens, the cut stave broke in the tillering process............... Poo happens. Another story for another day, once I can bring myself together to talk about it...............
Luckily, when I cut the bow out of the spliced stave, I had a piece left off the bottom of one end, big enough to rip in half and splice together to make a belly lam. Phew!!!
So we have a Tri Lam Flatbow, Hickory back, Bunnings bamboo core, Pacific yew belly. 45lb @ 28", 66"NtN, Sambar antler arrow rest and nock tips. Yew 11 1/2" riser. 4" handle 90mm fades. 34mm at fades to 30mm mid limb to 10mm at tips. 40mm thick handle down to 15mm at fades, 11mm at tips.
Another good shooter, this one! lovely and smooth. Found a good combo here! Yew is the best wood I have used, I love the way it works and it speaks to me. I have since ordered more.
