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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Blacktail on September 12, 2010, 02:32:22 pm

Title: Doin the twist
Post by: Blacktail on September 12, 2010, 02:32:22 pm

I got a twist in this piece of yew wood that I believe is about half way down the stave. Before I get too far into working this thing, I was wondering how to approach getting this twist out. Any info is great, thanks john.

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Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: sailordad on September 12, 2010, 03:34:45 pm

take it closer to floor tiller
heat the limb and take a pipe wrench and a bucket of weight to it take the twist out

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: Del the cat on September 12, 2010, 03:46:09 pm

Just ignore it.
There's less than 45degrees, probably 20 degreers in each limb if you let each limb take a bit.
If the sap/heart boundary is a bit on the skew at either end it doesn't matter too much, you may have to violate growth rings down one edge of the back near each tip, but Yew can stand that sort of thing without breakin' a sweat.
Yew laughs in the face of twist like that...
Del

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: mikekeswick on September 12, 2010, 04:11:13 pm

Shouldn't be a problem. Even less chance of being a problem if you are going to make a flatbow. If you intend to make a longbow just brace it quite early (careful!) and check for any twisting in the hand. If you try to take twist out of a bending portion of a limb it's likely to just come back when tillering progresses.

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: Blacktail on September 12, 2010, 05:20:12 pm

thanks for the info guys...and a flat bow might be a new and great idea...john

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 12, 2010, 07:02:12 pm

I thought you said it had twist?  Kidding. 

If you are going with a flatbow, there isn't enough twist to worry a hair on your head (if you have any, that is).  Whatcha got there is a pretty nice looking stave, ought crank out a zippy little dartshooter.  If you are bothered by the little bit of twist you have, do like sailordad says and get 'er down to floor tiller stage, heat the worse section up until it's too hot to comfortably hold in your hand, and twist it gently with a pipewrench with padded jaws.

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: RyanY on September 12, 2010, 08:32:45 pm

I'd be less worried about the twist and a little more excited about how beautiful a yew stave you got there.  ;D

Title: Re: Doin the twist
Post by: artcher1 on September 12, 2010, 09:14:17 pm

All your twist is in the handle area. You can easily correct that if you're set up to do a "Z" splice job. ART