Yew Recurve- lots of pics

[DC]

Peculiar string loop... ..

I followed some video on Youtube  :embarassed:

There is one video on youtube where the guy just does it flat wrong. Maybe you hit that one. Like all things on the net, compare a few sites.

Oh, very nice bow.

[PatM]

The most puzzling is the lack of bundles in the actual loop. 

[silent sniper]

Very nice looking recurve! I would say it was well worth the troubles. SS

[Marc St Louis]

Very well done

[Hans H]

Looks good to me
Hans

[upstatenybowyer]

Wow, thanks everyone. DC, I think I must have hit that video where the guy does it wrong. That's always been my fate... to come to the right way only after doing it every conceivable wrong way!  For me making strings is such a pain in the, well you know. It's a good exercise in patience though.

[PatM]

Take a couple of pics of your idea of how it's supposed to be done and people will help out.

 Just beware the "bundles must match when blended" comments. 

[DC]

When I first started making double loop Flemish twist strings I just made them around 65". I made a bunch of them. I made the tag ends the same size, I made the loops the same size and I twisted everything the same amount(within reason). I stretched the finished strings as hard as I could and then measured it and marked that spot on my jig as whatever length it turned out to be. The next one I tried to make 1" longer and marked what it turned out to be. After a half dozen strings I found I could get a string close enough so twisting it would get it to the right length. I now have about 6 or 7 random length strings hanging on a nail and I now make bows to fit the strings. At the rate you make bows you will run out of strings at the end of the week . Do a google search for Flemish twist bowstring jigs. Some of them come with the length marked on them but the actual length you;ll get depend on the loop size, tail length etc. You can also look up continuous strings. Easier to get the length right but IMHO they don't look as nice. A Flemish jig is smaller so you can make strings in your recliner.

[upstatenybowyer]

When I first started making double loop Flemish twist strings I just made them around 65". I made a bunch of them. I made the tag ends the same size, I made the loops the same size and I twisted everything the same amount(within reason). I stretched the finished strings as hard as I could and then measured it and marked that spot on my jig as whatever length it turned out to be. The next one I tried to make 1" longer and marked what it turned out to be. After a half dozen strings I found I could get a string close enough so twisting it would get it to the right length. I now have about 6 or 7 random length strings hanging on a nail and I now make bows to fit the strings. At the rate you make bows you will run out of strings at the end of the week . Do a google search for Flemish twist bowstring jigs. Some of them come with the length marked on them but the actual length you;ll get depend on the loop size, tail length etc. You can also look up continuous strings. Easier to get the length right but IMHO they don't look as nice. A Flemish jig is smaller so you can make strings in your recliner.

Making strings in my recliner sounds good. I'll take the suggestions.  Thanks Pat and DC!

[rps3]

Nice one.

[ty_in_ND]

If you're going to be making Flemish twist strings, the video I always end up going back to this one: https://youtu.be/C07evRZT_PQ

[DC]

That's a good one.

[Springbuck]

Gosh, you are churning them out, lately.  And all of them seem really good.  Nice.

Oh, and you can get away with more recurve, if some deflex already exists.  If I have a deflexed stave, it sometimes works to put in a parabolic recurve where the curve starts slow, then the curve tightens up as you move toward the tips.

[gfugal]

How large is the reflex on that? it seems like its a really sharp bend. If so I want to know how you did it? do you know the radius of the form you used?

[upstatenybowyer]

ty_in_ND, I'll definitely go to that video for my next string. Thanks!

Springbuck, the parabolic reflex sounds like a great idea w/ a deflexed stave. Know of any caul build-alongs for such a bend?

gfugal, they are sharp bends. I did them with steam and used the top end of a pint glass for the curve. Don't know how others feel but I've found that steam is the only way I can get Yew to hold a bend. I've had little to no luck with dry heat.