Yew Woodsbow '21-'22

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Greg
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Yew Woodsbow '21-'22

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Been awhile since we had a good old-fashioned forum build along! Things are so easy to post to other social media that I'm afraid this beautiful format doesn't get the attention it deserves. I've had this stave sitting around for far too long. Let's get cracking!
She's preeetty straight. There's one significant bend about a foot from one end (right by the umbrella hole in the table pictured), so we'll be steaming this one straight at some point during this process...I'm still deciding when I want to attack that.
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Beautiful tight grain! Over 30 rings per inch!
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I had some help today with de-barking the back:
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...but had to step in before things got too far out of hand:
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After basic de-barking, we got the centerline marked in, and followed that up with parallel lines at 5/8" to each side of the centerline to trim the sides down to.
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Got things shaved down to the initial side marks with the drawknife and a spokeshave. We're doing preeeetty well for day one!
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Now the sword shall come from under the cloak.
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That is one lucky little ranger. How fun! :mrgreen:
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Fantastic! I love a good build-along! Suuuuper excited to see how this turns out!
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Elleth wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:47 am That is one lucky little ranger. How fun! :mrgreen:
I love how attentive he is to the process.
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beautiful work :P
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