2021 what did you do today?

kennym · August 13, 2021, 08:18:51 AM

Cool !! It's sure a nice one !

Pat B · August 13, 2021, 08:46:02 AM

mmattockx · August 13, 2021, 09:57:52 AM

Congrats, Roy. That looks like a great way to enjoy the quiet outdoors.

Mark

Roy from Pa · August 13, 2021, 04:15:16 PM

My great nephew graduated from Navy basic training today:)

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Jeff Freeman · August 13, 2021, 04:28:56 PM

Congratulations 👏🇺🇲

Jeff Freeman · August 13, 2021, 04:53:07 PM

Well my day started at 5:00 I got off at 10:30 I hit my 80 hours for the last two weeks. Too hot to work on a bow. The good thing is the meat locker called and said my quarter beef is ready. So guess what's for dinner, maybe tomorrow night Beef. My wife said good thing she don't think I'll get a deer this year. Little does she know, 😂 JF

Mad Max · August 13, 2021, 05:37:22 PM

Good for him Roy

Flem · August 14, 2021, 08:19:53 AM

Yesterday actually, I sliced up a Yew log that came out of the woods about 2 years ago. Checked the moisture, 9% from a fresh cut right in the heart. This is one quarter of the log. 8 usable lams, maybe a few more if I decide to make "ActionYew". And this is why I don't cut much Yew anymore and stopped looking for stave quality wood. Even a good looking log can hide a lot of defects. Yew is a finite resource and it's been dwindling rapidly the last 20yrs due to harvesting and wild fires. If you have a clean Yew stave, know that there was probably more waste than usable wood, to get it. I only cut trees that have been killed or are dying, but not incinerated by forest fires.
The vertical wood in the pic is the waste.
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Roy from Pa · August 14, 2021, 08:27:25 AM

Nice stuff, Flem.

Mad Max · August 14, 2021, 08:47:41 AM

Yew can send the waste to me, I will glue it up into a Riser

Flem · August 14, 2021, 08:56:00 AM

I would be so happy give some waste away!. If you are serious Max, it's yours. You would not believe the pile of scrap I have collected. Its such rare wood, I can't bring myself to burn it and I can only make so many knitting needles and other doohickey's

Roy from Pa · August 14, 2021, 10:03:26 AM

Knitting needles would be right up Maxi-Boys alley:)

kennym · August 14, 2021, 10:09:42 AM

So far I've test shot my broadheads and drank a lot of coffee, both have gone very well!!

Mad Max · August 14, 2021, 10:40:32 AM

Be quiet Roy
Flem when I get back from this trip you can send them to me
I will pay for shipping
Thanks

kennym · August 14, 2021, 10:59:00 AM

You oughta just stop by and get em and save shipping ...

Roy from Pa · August 14, 2021, 11:03:04 AM

Yupper there ya go Maxi, pink knitting needles...

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Flem · August 14, 2021, 01:20:44 PM

Let split the shipping, you are doing me a favor too.
My wife likes to knit on a road trip, I don't know about four dudes though........ Might be OK with Manly Yew needles

Mad Max · August 14, 2021, 01:26:50 PM

Quote from: Roy from Pa on August 14, 2021, 11:03:04 AM
Yupper there ya go Maxi, pink knitting needles...

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goody goody

gifford, MO · August 15, 2021, 11:35:07 AM

Yeah Mark, I saw that splitting and drawknifing, you definitely earned that pick of the litter. Nice bow.

Flem · August 15, 2021, 01:33:54 PM

Yew makes a nice riser, especially if you have a big enough chunk. I'm saving this one, till the right set of lams show up.
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Laminating scrap Yew into a block is an excellent idea

I was thinking about glueing together vertical strips of clean wood into a laminated slat. I'm guessing thats what the Bamboo flooring is. Its also typical construction in a few types of sports equipment and of course bowling alleys