Been roughly roughing out a yew log. Got it dry, only 49" long with a crack right along one face. There's still a bow in it but it's got fourteen knots as yet with only maybe four left to hack out.
The bow's for my mum if it works out, looking for 35lb at 23"(ish) and would rather it didn't blow(or at least blew safely) so I'm going to back it.
Don't know whether to chase a ring as best I can then back with rawhide or decrown?
I've got sinew or bamboo(or glass fibre - boo and hiss all you want, it's for my mammy, pain is not an option) that I could use if I decrowned but it will be pretty horrific underneath.
Not sure if sinew would handle it.
The rings are quite tight. I doubt my ability/patience to follow one as my first attempt at yew.
The bow's for my mum if it works out, looking for 35lb at 23"(ish) and would rather it didn't blow(or at least blew safely) so I'm going to back it.
Don't know whether to chase a ring as best I can then back with rawhide or decrown?
I've got sinew or bamboo(or glass fibre - boo and hiss all you want, it's for my mammy, pain is not an option) that I could use if I decrowned but it will be pretty horrific underneath.
Not sure if sinew would handle it.
The rings are quite tight. I doubt my ability/patience to follow one as my first attempt at yew.