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Offline Ian.

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American Yew 130lb at 32"
« on: January 16, 2012, 11:03:41 am »
Hi everyone

Very similar stave to what Noel has got, I got this one a few weeks after he got his.

The bow is 73" 110lb at 28" taken to 30 inch, i'll shoot it to 32" for distance but i'm not going to take it to 32" on the tiller.

As you can see the stave has character, splits along the belly, plenty of knots but no sign of compression fractures. 

Ian





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Offline Peter-t123

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2012, 12:11:11 pm »
very nice ian, and looking at the first picture it looks like you got the circular tiller absolutely bang on... the length sounds fairly short (although i may be wrong, what was the length of the smaller bows on the mr...?), did you choose to make it that length or was that just the most you could get out of the stave? Peter
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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2012, 12:36:12 pm »
Looks realy good, I like to see a bit of character.
Just wish I was 30 years younger, I'm just about getting my latest 90# :-[ back to full draw, give it another week.
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Offline Agincourtwarb0w

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2012, 02:41:05 pm »
Beauty of a bow you've created there mate! Looks like you've done an awesome job of bringin'er to life!
-Jake
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2012, 03:26:00 pm »
i hope mine comes out half as nice as that, and your right i looks very similar almost like they are twins, hopefully someday these twins will meet ;)
great job
noel
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Offline Dag

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2012, 04:59:54 pm »
Fantastic job Ian! Looks perfectly tillered ready to fling arrows great distances. Nice!
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Offline Ian.

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2012, 06:24:28 pm »
Thanks everyone.


Noel - don't hesitate to ask for dimensions or tillering advice, keep us updated.
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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2012, 07:40:33 pm »
Ian what is the dimensions on your bow, and is a straight taper or does it go even to mid limb and then taper off?
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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2012, 07:48:28 pm »
Quote from: deerhunter97370 on January 16, 2012, 07:40:33 pm
Ian what is the dimensions on your bow, and is a straight taper or does it go even to mid limb and then taper off?

i was just going to ask that ;D
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Offline Ian.

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2012, 07:54:38 pm »
The centre dimension is 38/30mm or (1.5inch/1.2inch) it stays very close to this for the middle 24" then tapers off fairly evenly to the tips, the tips are both 1/2". The bottom limb had a natural kink that I needed to be careful with so although the limbs are fairly even, the bottom limb is dimensionally smaller. The best/cleanest wood on the bow was in the middle so I tried to let that take the weight and not let the tips become over stressed.
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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2012, 07:59:41 pm »
Thanks for the info. Awesome bow. I hope mine turns out half as good.
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2012, 08:42:42 pm »
Great work the tiller looks spot on to me, I really like the character too! Great job all the way around!

Josh
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2012, 10:07:43 pm »
Awesome bow! talk about a wrist thick armor piercer.... Nice job.

Jon
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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2012, 04:14:45 pm »
Lovely bow.  :)
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Offline david w.

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Re: American Yew 130lb at 32"
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2012, 01:10:00 am »
Awesome bow.  Love warbows
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