Depth of sapwood - How to make Self Yew Longbow Series
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- čas přidán 6. 10. 2023
- One of our CZcams subscribers asked how much sapwood should there be on a Self Yew English Longbow, hopefully this video will help answer this bow making question for all the aspiring Bowyers out there.
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Thanks again to you both for sharing your skills. My desire to make an english yew war bow just keeps growing...... Thank you
no worries, glad to help
Thank you sir Richard
You are very welcome
Very informative TY ! (( Love the dancing !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot
Most welcome, thanks for subscribing and leaving a comment, it really helps, please share with your friends if you can, much appreciated.
Can't beat knowledge and experience. Thank you.
So nice of you, thanks. Each comment and like helps the channel continue.
That was an excellent video, something I'd not thought about.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you, concise and to the point, appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience.
Glad it was helpful!
I love your tranquility in the videos
that's very kind of you to say, did you even find my tiktok dance tranquil?
Hello to both of you!
And many thanks for that extra video about the thickness of sapwood in a yew selfbow.
Glad you enjoyed it
4:00 wow it looks like the bowyer of that 150years antique bow did not care about following a layer AT ALL .. and it still shoots
Not necessary with yew, and actually very hard to follow a ring in yew
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure! glad you could watch and comment, they all help
@@longbows I think it's brilliant that you share the benefits of your skill and knowledge considering that you're in the business of making bows for a living.
kind of you to say, glad it's appreciated
Worked with lots of Osage, first yew staves arrived today, this video was super helpful in understanding the ratio and relationship of sapwood to heartwood on yew
Glad it helped! we have plenty of other videos on Yew, good luck and keep me posted
Wealth of information, thank you!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting, it really helps us out.
Very interesting to see the antique bow , it looks as though the bowyer didn't worry too much about crossing the grain of the sapwood and its stood the test of time .
I was able to just get two branches of yew up here in an old church in scotland, they’re cutting them down& I could have the whole tree free, I’ve taken a 12 foot piece& a 6 foot.
well done, I hope you get some bows out of it.
Greetings to you's.thank you for your lesson ❤
Thank you too!
Thanks!
No problem!
Pretty wood, go with the grain, , wild birds like the sound of my bow making .
Very informative.
Can you make a yew bow without the sapwood?
thanks, yes and no, sometimes we will have a piece of Yew where the Sapwood isn't any good but the heartwood is fine, in which case we remove the Sapwood and back the heartwood with a new material.
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wow, that's very kind of you, it all helps keep me being able to make the videos, thanks!
Most American bowyers including myself believe that the heartwood has practically the same tensile strength as the sapwood. This is likely due to the popularity of the Bowyer's Bible in the states.
Glad to hear it.
@@longbows I made a pacific yew heartwood ELB in 2018. The sapwood had a drying crack that terminated right above the heartwood. I chased a single growth ring at the boundary layer and ended up with a bright red bow with white splotching on the back. It was 66 3/4" ntn and 48# at 27". It was beautiful. I wish I kept it.
Hi Richard are you doing anything longbow course
none booked this year
Are there other species that can be used like yew I have some black walnut and black locust I was thinking about leaving a bit of sapwood on the back to see how it works but I love the look of yew obviously the other woods are not as good but they’re both good Bowood’s. If you get time, please let me know. Have a good day. Thank you for sharing.
hi, we use lots of other woods, they feature quite often in our bow making videos. Lemonwood, Purple heart, Osage, most of these are backed with bamboo, take a look at our other bow making videos and you will see.
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Thank you for explaining this matter so clearly. I never could quite grasp what others were talking about when this came up, and now the light has finally blinked on. What a remarkable wood Yew is!
Glad it was helpful!
I Don’t use PayPal, mate. Is there any other way that I can donate?
that's very kind of you, you don't need a PayPal account to use the PayPal link, it will allow you to use a card. or use the 'thanks' button directly below the video, Google take quite a cut though. or buy something from our website, either way thanks for the help.
Thanks
wow, thanks for the thanks, this just made my weekend!
@@longbows well a couple of pints hopefully
One and a half nowadays, lol, either way I am very much obliged.
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