Deflex in yew stave and how to get it out?

[WillS]

Good god that's a pretty bow.

I think I need a minute...

[bradsmith2010]

very nice, how much of the reflex do you think will stay in,,, lookin great

[HoorayHorace]

Ive tried to fight deflex out of yew before, its not easily done and it seems to go almost back to where it started. With yew, I prefer to build the bow around the stave rather than trying to conform the stave to my ideas. Working on a yew R/D now actually. The "D" is staying put. Here are before and after pics. Pretty easy manipulation with only half the limb needing moved.

That is very nice  How did you flip the ends like that? Was it a hard process?

I saw a vid on the net where a bowyer made a yew longbow with some recurve at the tips. Looked nice. The bowyer though some bows on the MR had recurve at the tips.

[WillS]

Ah the old "Weapons That Made Britain" video again...!

Don't take what Mike Loades says too seriously   Even Chris Boyton (the bowyer) wasn't particularly keen on doing it.

[HoorayHorace]

@Will, yeah that was the video, watched it a while back on youtube 

Save starting a whole new thread, I have a question that is bugging me regarding selfbows.

When making up a laminate, the stave is 100 percent straight, so I can draw the string like straight down the physical centre by attaching string to each end of the stave.

I have seen self bow staves where the end kicks off some, or it is no way straight enough to attach string from end to end. How do bowyers get the string line on staves like that? 

[Del the cat]

You study the stave and lay out the bow in a way that will give a decent stringline, or one which can be achieved with minimum work.
It's prudent to also leave a little extra width at the tips for adjustment of stringline until the bow is draw back in a stable manner.
Del

[HoorayHorace]

Thanks del. I also read your blog and the link you sent me. 

Some real nice work there too, and I like how you sorted that dip in the end of the stave. That stave had more deflex that the one I might get, and you pulled it off nicely. 

Nice to see craftsmanship still alive and well! 

[PEARL DRUMS]

very nice, how much of the reflex do you think will stay in,,, lookin great

Brad Ill be upset if I lose more than 2" at the tips. The first half of the limb off the handle wont budge, Im quite sure of that.