TROUBLESOME YEW.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 1:30 pm
I had a small diameter, short length of yew which I milled down to yield two 36” billets approximately 1⅝” x 1”.
The billets were spliced, glued and clamped with the centre lines checked with a string line.
Prior to the above I had prepared a bamboo backing shaped to the limb plan but cut slightly oversize.
The bamboo backing was laid over the glued up stave, the pattern transferred and the billet was cut to plan.
Over the following days the stave took a banana bend edge to edge followed by about 1” of reflex. At least I still have the bamboo backing.
I may have to split the larger diameter log into billets and give them time to stabilize.
Daryl.
The billets were spliced, glued and clamped with the centre lines checked with a string line.
Prior to the above I had prepared a bamboo backing shaped to the limb plan but cut slightly oversize.
The bamboo backing was laid over the glued up stave, the pattern transferred and the billet was cut to plan.
Over the following days the stave took a banana bend edge to edge followed by about 1” of reflex. At least I still have the bamboo backing.
I may have to split the larger diameter log into billets and give them time to stabilize.
Daryl.