Yew Boo Glue Up

My mate JT has been over off and on over the last few weeks and we've been working down a marginal Yew stave, the sapwood was suspect so that came off and it's been gradually worked down as the belly for a boo backed warbow/roving/flight bow.
It's been tricky due to the limitations of the wood, knots, encroaching sapwood etc.
Don't quite know how it will perform or what it will be yet, as it's rather short. Mind it would have been 6" shorter if we hadn't cut out a big knot that ran at a shallow angle through one tip. We actually milled it out as a slot right through the limb on my mini mill (Clarke CMD10). I could have chiseled it out, but it was fun to try a different approach and there was less likelihood of splitting the wood as it was knotty. We fitted a plug about 3" long. The plug being slightly wedge shaped such that, once the Boo back was on it could't possibly pop out (see first pic)

The stave had a fair amount of deflex, and it was glued up on a former with about 1" of reflex. We got it glued up yesterday with clamps and rubber strapping in between for extra belt and braces squeezeosity.

Taking the clamps off this morning the stave sprang back up about 1/2" at the grip making it pretty much straight and putting some nice pre-tension into the Boo backing.
The stave still has some undulations and will have a bit more character than a laminate made up from machined timber. We could have spent more time getting it pre-tapered and even, but our sessions are limited for time and we couldn't resist the temptation of getting the glue up done.
It's that old balance between perfection and pragmatism. :-)

It will be interesting to see how it feels once cleaned up and tried on the tiller... that will have to wait until JT's next vist.

Final pic shows the bow testing rig having a tentative try out with my filed bow. The rig isn't fully finished yet, but it seems like it will work well.