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Offline dwardo

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Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« on: May 30, 2014, 06:54:13 am »
Have been very slack on the prep side of things lately and constantly running out of usable bow wood so the past few weeks have been stave making. Check out this orrible bunch of yew  >:D clusters of pin knots all over the place but hey will see what happens. couple of wych elms in there too.

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Offline kamil2910

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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2014, 07:01:47 am »
wery nice character yew stave, how much thys wood have yearl rings on inch?
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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2014, 07:19:21 am »
Looks like you have been hard at it, I have to do the same thing now and then. ;)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2014, 07:34:24 am »
oh, there are some pretty staves there... much better than my stash of tatty billets and S shaped staves.
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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2014, 09:07:08 am »
I'm jealous of your elm.  Want! 

I think I have the twin sister of that yew stave in the middle - looks just like a couple I've got seasoning.  Nothin' like a challenge, is there?  >:D
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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2014, 09:37:23 am »
Hi Dwardo, are you sawing your yew out?  Looks a bit straight to me ;), but very nice character.  That will keep you going for a while.
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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2014, 03:47:46 pm »
Look lively Yew orrible shower! Sweet! :)
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Re: Yew orrible bunch of staves.
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2014, 06:16:46 pm »
Quote from: bobnewboy on May 30, 2014, 09:37:23 am
Hi Dwardo, are you sawing your yew out?  Looks a bit straight to me ;), but very nice character.  That will keep you going for a while.

Splitting, sawing, rasping and chiselling, some swearing too. The bandsaw and microplane rasp have been hard at it for a few weeks now.
Every time the saw fires up the neighbours start queueing for fire wood  :laugh:
I have so little space I have to be harsh with my self, bow wood, billets or firewood n none inbetween. Just added another two yew and two elm to this lot. Now I need to start cutting again and get my act together.

Might actually get to making some bows after that.  ::)
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