Oct 22, 2012 · On the chunky English Yew billet you can see how I've just run a string line straightening it out to give me a reference line for marking out the splice.

There are two methods of joining yew and osage billets. The simplest way is to join them in a seamless steel tube 1 1/8" in diameter. The ends of the billets are carefully rounded so they fit perfectly in the 4" tube.

I am making an ELB out of some nice yew billets. So far I have spliced the billets (with some help), cut the stave to profile and started reducing the belly. So far the limbs are barely bending and I have only floor tillered.

I have several yew billets, some from broken bows, which I have attempted to join with no success. I have used "V" shaped joints as viewed from the side of the bow.

Dec 9, 2014 · What are your thoughts on working with yew wood? I'm an amateur bowyer looking to build a new, solid, bow. And I can fit a pair of yew billets into my budget. I plan to glue them into takedown sleeves. And make a bow similar to this

Jul 21, 2014 · I had a good tidy yesterday as I had a couple of people drop in for a chat and a play with the bows. Today I cut splices into a couple of pairs of Yew billets. I'd had a couple of splices fail last year, so this time I did a Z splice rather than a simple V as it gives more glue area.

Jul 1, 2013 · It is as though the yew tree was designed specifically for bow-making, and that the longbow should be made of yew or undeniably destined to be second-class. Well, two beautiful yew billets from Oregon have arrived and we're ready; tomorrow we start.

Feb 15, 2014 · In theory you have two perfectly matched billets split from the same large diameter Yew trunk with 3/16" of sapwood and evenly curved backs..... yeah in my dreams.

Sep 8, 2014 · I have recently acquired a pair of yew billets and am hoping to make a sleeve type takedown longbow from them. My previous experience of bow making is limited and I appreciate that this is quite an ambitious project.