Okay let's get back on this horse.
Here is a knot after it was filled with super glue and yew dust
Now out of request and to better bring out the full usefulness of the sinew lets reflex these tips. Now for yew I like to boil the wood for 30mins/1/2" of thickness. I will do a demo of boiling and also using dry heat:)
First lets clean up the back, get rid of these lines because from this point on we will be going off what the eye can see.
Okay I set the stave in the water while its cool and start the timer when the water has a good solid boil. It's a good idea to trap all the heat you can, so I've added a good aluminum foil lid
This part is hard to photograph by yourself so ill let the picture do the talking.
You only have maybe 20 secs to get it strapped down and bent before the wood is too cool to achieve the bend.
And here's with dry heat
Clamp the stave down, hold the heat gun 3-4" away(yew needs good deep heat)
Moving the gun up and down and i apply minimal pressure as to not lift any splinter or fracture the wood.(which did happen anyways)
The. I applied one clamp at a time to achieve the bend
Damp towels to not only cool the wood but to bring the mc back to a good level.
Okay after that has set over night I unclamp and were sitting pretty
Now I flip it over to the belly and make the rings feather in towards the middle of the stave and remove a safe amount of wood to get a decent enough floor tiller
Well... She's starting to bend a bit next up temporary nocks.
-Pinecone
