I honestly encountered this thing recently. I usually made bows 50+ and the one I'm working on ( a little 26 lbs ash bow ) ...I am terrified of removing the rasp marks with a scraper. I have the feeling that if I do that it's gonna end up at 20 lbs lol. Feels like heavy bows are almost done by the time you brace them and light bows are done after you sneeze on them.
Magnífico trabajo como siempre maestro, he visto que le has aplicado mucho calor con la pistola de aire caliente y has obtenido un buen resultado,es posible calcular la cantidad de calor que se puede aplicar a la madera o es más bien cuestión de intuición?.Como siempre agradezco mucho que compartas tus conocimientos y magnificos trabajos,un abrazo y buenas flechas 💪🏹🤗🙏
Will a yew stave with thicker growth rings make a war bow? Seen some people convinced thick ringed yew was horrible quality and should only be used to make low weight bows. Figured I would ask you, you actually have experience.
I've made a warbow with 3 rings per inch. th-cam.com/video/fplODZVTwgA/w-d-xo.html Also see this:- bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/2016/07/old-wives-tales-and-yew.html
@@delcat8168 thanks for the reply. With Osage if there is a terrible amount of early wood compared to late wood sometimes the bow will take more set and the stave should be treated more like a white wood bow in design…do you see anything like this with yew that would make it lesser quality to look out for? I seem to remember a stave blew up on you in past video that had brittle hard wood…or sap wood? Anyway, just picking your experienced brain. Have some nice yew billets I will eventually work up the courage to use.
Sir i have a question i hope you might help me out with, where i live i dont have bow good string material like 'Dacron' or similar, and shipping it in costs a lot, what i have in hand right now is nylon sewing thread and 'Loctite 55 pipe sealing cord' what would you advice me to use, also paracord weights a lot and stretches quite much thats why i dont like it aswell. Thank you
There are some natural materials like linen or hemp or silk thread. You can test the breaking strain and stretch of any thread that you can find. You want something low stretch and use enough strands to achieve about 50x the draw weight of the bow.
Great video and with many tips!
❤❤❤thank you sir
I honestly encountered this thing recently. I usually made bows 50+ and the one I'm working on ( a little 26 lbs ash bow ) ...I am terrified of removing the rasp marks with a scraper. I have the feeling that if I do that it's gonna end up at 20 lbs lol. Feels like heavy bows are almost done by the time you brace them and light bows are done after you sneeze on them.
Magnífico trabajo como siempre maestro, he visto que le has aplicado mucho calor con la pistola de aire caliente y has obtenido un buen resultado,es posible calcular la cantidad de calor que se puede aplicar a la madera o es más bien cuestión de intuición?.Como siempre agradezco mucho que compartas tus conocimientos y magnificos trabajos,un abrazo y buenas flechas 💪🏹🤗🙏
The hot air needs to be at at least 200C . This video shows more detail:-
th-cam.com/video/kM1_A2A0_TI/w-d-xo.html
Will a yew stave with thicker growth rings make a war bow? Seen some people convinced thick ringed yew was horrible quality and should only be used to make low weight bows. Figured I would ask you, you actually have experience.
I've made a warbow with 3 rings per inch.
th-cam.com/video/fplODZVTwgA/w-d-xo.html
Also see this:-
bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/2016/07/old-wives-tales-and-yew.html
@@delcat8168 thanks for the reply. With Osage if there is a terrible amount of early wood compared to late wood sometimes the bow will take more set and the stave should be treated more like a white wood bow in design…do you see anything like this with yew that would make it lesser quality to look out for? I seem to remember a stave blew up on you in past video that had brittle hard wood…or sap wood? Anyway, just picking your experienced brain. Have some nice yew billets I will eventually work up the courage to use.
Sir i have a question i hope you might help me out with, where i live i dont have bow good string material like 'Dacron' or similar, and shipping it in costs a lot, what i have in hand right now is nylon sewing thread and 'Loctite 55 pipe sealing cord' what would you advice me to use, also paracord weights a lot and stretches quite much thats why i dont like it aswell. Thank you
There are some natural materials like linen or hemp or silk thread. You can test the breaking strain and stretch of any thread that you can find. You want something low stretch and use enough strands to achieve about 50x the draw weight of the bow.
@@delcat8168 thank you sir!