Heck if I know- My first with yew.

[juniper junkie]

I like to make mine a semi-stacked style, which if you took the stacked and flatbow and blended it which ends up with a sliightly more  rounded belly than a flatbow but doesnt concentrate the compression as much as a stacked bow. they take less set and last longer for me. I also seem to have less breakage with this style. anxious to see how this one turns out.

[Mar]

Gluing walnut overlay tips at the moment thanks too radius, thanks for all the stuff my friend. From the advise I got today I will then narrow it some more here and there then will tackle the shape before I start bending her on the tree.

This is getting nerve racking but it's is so very awesome.

[radius]

can't wait to see it

[Mar]

My first nock ever. Again this is all new to me, not that easy to do... yet. I probably should go a bit deeper but I don't have all that much to play with now.

[radius]

yeah, thin...when you get the bow bending, the string will show you where it wants to lay...then you can groove the sides

[Mar]

I could flatten it and add another layer, thinking about it anyway.

[Mar]

I seen this crack, (above pencil line), earlier on and hoped it would go away while shaping but it doesn't look like it, Out with the super glue and cross my fingers.

[radius]

sent you a pm

[Mar]

Tiller stick, having difficulty with the left limb but that's enough for tonight.



pulled at 15"



Radius you get my PM? Got back kinda late from Sooke.

[radius]

i got it yes, dark , it's ok. don't worry about it.

ok so you got the tree up!  good!

now u can obviously see the outer limbs need to bend

[Mar]

Well what went wrong? Still had it on the long string and what use to be a fairly straight stave seems to be taking quite a set. When does one go to short string btw?

[radius]

you put it on the short string as soon as you can. 

When you floor tiller it, and can displace the handle about 4" easily and have some even bend in the limbs, you shorten the string to give it about a 4" brace height. 

THEN the real tillering starts. 

As for the set, maybe you cranked it too hard too soon?   Can you show pics of the thing from various sides? 

The heat gun is your friend.  With a piece like that, without a single knot, i would be experimenting like mad, and at the very least cook it into reflex.  It's such a long bow:  you could thin the handle, and make it a setback handle bow, which counteracts set and gives high early draw weight.  I think.

[juniper junkie]

how long did this stave set before you started working with it? it could still be a little green, this would cause set. just a thought

[radius]

tree's been down 3 years

[George Tsoukalas]

Right limb needs to bend mid limb on. It's doing all of its bending right of the fade. There is no need to pull that so far with the long string. I just long string out to 10 in and NEVER pull it beyond target weight even with the long string. You may be adding set w/o realizing it. I humbly suggest you check out some of the buildalongs on my site. Jawge