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Offline Keenan

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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #60 on: January 15, 2010, 12:44:06 pm »
 Thats looking really nice Pappy. Glad you got her shooting. Yew is very light in the hands but can pack a punch on the arrow,  Why are you wanting to rawhide back it? Just extra safety or decoration?
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #61 on: January 15, 2010, 12:47:18 pm »
Pappy ...I know firsthand that on a Character Bow with lots of knots and High-Low Depressions...it's next to Impossible to just Innertube Wrap the Hide on...without getting Major Air Pockets in the finished Hide Job....I switched to Hide Glue....and also take my Wife's Cotton Balls that She uses for what ever Women use Cotton Balls for... >:D..and I place these wherever I can see that there may be a problem spot getting the Hide to dip into....I place the Balls over the Low Spot...then wrap the InnerTube over the Balls...this will push the Hide down into the Depression better....lessening the chance of an air bubble....Just a thought....good luck...and lets see it finished! I am still sitting on a Primo Yew Stave...had it now for 6 years...too scared to ruin it...... ;)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #62 on: January 15, 2010, 01:00:36 pm »
Keenan I know I have violated the sap wood some,so just for insurance,some say it's OK and some say it's not,I just didn't want to take a chance ,what do you think ? That for the tip Mike,it really only has the one knot on it that I think would cause any problem with the rawhide,the rest of the bow is clean. I just wonder about using hide glue,I have always used tb3 before and seemed to have worked pretty good. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #63 on: January 15, 2010, 02:53:27 pm »
I have done it both ways Pappy...I have had no problems with Titebond....I use it on Silk....Linen....and Flax Backing...but I use Hide Glue on Snake and Rawhides...just seems to suck it down tighter to the Wood.... as the Hide shrinks...so does the Glue....JMO
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #64 on: January 15, 2010, 09:50:34 pm »
The Torges method mentioned earlier by David works. I did two such bows using this method with perfect results.

Goggle a search using "rawhide a bow".

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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #65 on: January 18, 2010, 06:40:09 am »
Well I got the rawhide on ,I used TB3 it turned out fine.That was all I had time for with the club meeting and wood cutting.It's should be dry and ready to shoot and fine tiller when ever I get the time in the next few days,seem all my bow projects are dragging out lately,to much other stuff getting in the way. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #66 on: February 22, 2010, 07:40:09 am »
I finely got a chance to get back on this,hopefully get it finished in a few more weeks,I didn't like the way the rawhide looked on the back so I got a bull snake and put it on this weekend,turned out pretty good at least I like it better than the rawhide.I wanted to leave it plane on the back
to get that bright white that yew sap wood has but the rawhide had dark spots so I went with
the skins.See what you think. :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #67 on: February 22, 2010, 09:26:19 am »
That bow turned out great, Pappy. It's a beauty. I'm glad it worked out for you. :) Jawge
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #68 on: February 22, 2010, 09:36:41 am »
That's a beautiful skin.  Bow looks really nice.
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #69 on: February 22, 2010, 10:55:08 am »
 Looking awesome Pappy
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #70 on: February 23, 2010, 06:34:06 am »
Thanks guys,I like the skin myself,first one I have done like that.Maybe get some sealer on it this weekend and shoot a little more,then finish up.Seems this has been a busy winter and can't stay on anything long enough to get finished. :) :)
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Re: Question on Yew stave.
« Reply #71 on: February 23, 2010, 09:04:25 am »
Pappy, that looks great so far.
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