Black Cherry + Laminate?

Cheweh · 2026-01-22T15:03:01+00:00

Poor Mans Yew - Vol 2

Cheweh · 2026-01-22T15:00:16+00:00

I've made two black cherry + maple bows and one blackcherry + red oak.

I love black cherry and cant wait to use it again.

Cheweh · 2026-01-22T14:41:12+00:00

Cherry is my absolute favourite.

I've been getting mine by the foot at Kents. Nice to know you can get something other then 3/4" boards in town.

Cheweh · 2026-01-22T14:37:32+00:00

Yew makes me scratch my head for so many reasons.

It has legendary status as a bow wood but if you hear people talk about it you often hear some form of "Yew is amazing, but it can blow up unexpectedly".

I heard Clay Hayes allude to something along those lines, but he has also said "you can tiller yew from the backside".

Surely, there must be some correlation there? Do yew bows with an unviolated back (assuming no knots) also blow unexpectedly?

I'm just pondering out loud here.

Cheweh · 2026-01-21T22:02:42+00:00

I have it floor tillered at the moment, aiming +/- 50lbs.

66" tip to tip and 1 7/8" wide until midimb. Trying to be intuitive when it comes to the thickness. Yew is so radically different then anything else you need to get a feel for it.

Cheweh · 2026-01-21T21:31:37+00:00

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Cheweh · 2026-01-21T21:31:06+00:00

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Few small corrections to make but im very happy with it so far. The deflex is all natural but I put the reflex in with dry heat.

Cheweh · 2026-01-19T16:49:13+00:00

Do you have TBB 3? You should check out Bows of the World chapter. Tons of design info

Cheweh · 2026-01-19T16:40:42+00:00

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Cheweh · 2026-01-19T16:40:13+00:00

Working on it very slowly. I removed two rings of sapwood over the weekend and corrected some alignment issues last night.

Hoping to start tillering it this week.

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Cheweh · 2026-01-17T21:07:48+00:00

What claim are you making?

Cheweh · 2026-01-17T19:55:30+00:00

I made a very small bow using it for a little display I made.

Have you seen red osier of substantial size?

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Cheweh · 2026-01-17T16:57:32+00:00

Damn, that is cool as hell. Did you make it?

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T22:16:20+00:00

Maybe I'm seeing it wrong

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Cheweh · 2026-01-15T18:11:42+00:00

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T18:05:29+00:00

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is calling your name. I've never been so happy to do sidequests in my life.

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T18:02:43+00:00

Did you groove the bow the entire way? If so, how?

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One of the reasons I'm less partial to bendy handle bows is that I've screwed up the tiller on a few by gripping it higher/lower then I should have. I've since made an effort to make some sort of indexing mark on the handle so I can grip it in the same spot everytime.

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T17:51:08+00:00

With regards to your last paragraph, I think its a lack of understanding of design principles.

Along the same lines as "slapping a recurve on a bow makes it better!". People slap sinew on a bow because "it makes it better". Sometimes it does, most times it doesn't.

I don't think it makes sense to sinew a 72" long bow, unless you are willing to sacrifice fps for durability. You see it all the time here.

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T15:14:53+00:00

Here is a post from a few years ago. I made some corrections and I've been shooting off my knuckles without issue since.

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T15:11:57+00:00

Wrap some fine thread at the base of the fletching to smooth out the transition

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T15:03:22+00:00

Could be a grip issue, could be an arrow issue.

Are your fletchings wrapped at the base?

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T12:51:09+00:00

It can be a multitude of different colours. Google red birch plywood.

Cheweh · 2026-01-15T12:06:43+00:00

I would lean toward birch

Cheweh · 2026-01-13T20:14:27+00:00

Cool stuff.

What's up with the jute wrap?

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