Good bows are made so that they run with the grain of the wood. This gives a lot of flexibility without sacrificing strength, but does waste more wood than cutting planks out if a tree.
Tables are thicker overall, assuming they’re actual wood and not some laminate. They also don’t run with the grain for more cost effectiveness, but you lose flexibility. But who wants a table that bends?
Next is the finish and curing. Tables are dried wood, sometimes they’re treated during the drying. I don’t know what happens to a piece of yew between chopping and shaping, but it’s not going to be the same process.
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