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Offline Marc St Louis

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Yew ALB
« on: November 15, 2015, 05:15:54 pm »
I had this Yew stave I got in trade about 10 years ago sitting around always getting in the way.  It must still have been a bit wet when I got it as it took on a lot of deflex to the point of it looking as if it had been braced for years.  It also had a lot of knots, some of them fairly big.  I got tired of looking at it last month so I dragged it out and decided to make myself a Yew bow, all of the Yew bows I've ever made have been for other people.  It was close to 3" in width so I did get rid of many of the knots as I laid out the profile but not all of them.  An ALB is what I wanted to make so I roughed out the profile.  Then I took out my heat-gun and started taking out the braced profile using my localized heat process.  Took awhile but I finally got it straightened out, even gave it a bit of reflex.  I wasn't expecting much from the stave but it surprised me.  The bow is 67" long with 1 1/4" wide D section limbs and is tillered out to 28" where it pulls just over 50#.  I used  what is called Tried and True Finish from Lee Valley which is Polymerized Linseed and modified Pine sap, it took forever to cure.

Here's some pics







« Last Edit: July 14, 2017, 08:58:33 am by Marc St Louis »
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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2015, 06:16:46 pm »
That looks very nice Mark St Louis  8)



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Offline Tree_Ninja

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2015, 06:21:24 pm »
Real nice. I like the ALB design. Finally one for yourself?

What was your overall opinion of the polymerized linseed? Is that different than the chemical dryers you find in the minwax linseed/tung mix? I am a lee-valley addict.....

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2015, 06:34:28 pm »
that turned out great congrats,, what a nice bow,,,I love to pull one out of the past make it work,, really fun,,  :)

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2015, 06:53:17 pm »
Loverly...bet its nice n sweet to pull n release :)

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2015, 06:57:05 pm »
Thanks guys

It is very nice Chris. 

The bow has about 1" of set but it has a surprising amount of string tension at brace none the less.  I had taken some pictures of the stave before I started work on it but the sd card in my camera crashed so I had to format it before I got the pictures off
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Offline JonW

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2015, 07:17:49 pm »
Very nice bow Marc.

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2015, 07:23:42 pm »
Great looking bow.
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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2015, 07:42:27 pm »
Very nice bow Marc.Like em like that.Bare bones.Sweet fun bow to shoot with for an afternoon.Good full draw picture too I might add.The one knot looks completely bored out and removed.An ALB.OK I'll bite I think I know what an ELB is[english long bow].What's the A stand for?Looks to be elliptically tillered.Forever to cure finish.Like a couple of days?
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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2015, 07:43:03 pm »
nice bow, perfect tiller. Tony

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2015, 08:38:55 pm »
Awesome bow Marc, tiller looks really good

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2015, 08:41:59 pm »
Excellent bow Marc, that full draw bend looks perfect.
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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2015, 08:44:17 pm »
Very nice Marc, I've always been partial to bows that aren't "all tarted up"

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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2015, 09:28:55 pm »
Thanks guys

ALB stands for American Longbow
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Re: Yew ALB
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2015, 09:34:28 pm »
lol.Makes sense.
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