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Offline Bryce H

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Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« on: October 13, 2011, 09:44:39 pm »




What do y'all think? would sinew fill this in? I was planning on sinewing the entire bow, anyhow, but unless I can think of a fix for this it may become a little little kid's bow. Could I just build it more in this area?
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Offline macbow

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 10:37:44 pm »
Is that the back or belly?
In my opinion sinew is a lot of work so I would want a good candidate to put that much effort into.

Another solution could be to grind off the area and add a layer of new wood.
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Offline Bryce H

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2011, 11:05:29 pm »
That's the back of the bow.
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2011, 11:10:36 pm »
No ! That needs to be worked down and to a ring and not worth the effort and would be a waist of good sinew. IMO
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Offline sonny

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2011, 11:50:12 pm »
that would take a pile of sinew to fill in and as far as I'm concerned there's much better uses for that much sinew.
 
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Offline PatM

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2011, 12:05:10 am »
You could fill it with flax up to the level of the wood and sinew  on top of that. What exactly happened there anyway?
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2011, 12:32:17 am »
  What kind of wood is it? Hickory and oak is BBQ wood  for me, but if it's osage, or some other wood I'd take a sander to it, flatten and either sinew or rawhide it. Sinew backing isn't that much trouble if you always keep a supply of sinew already seperated.
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2011, 07:22:03 am »
Looks like a kids bow or fire wood to me. :)
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Offline Bryce H

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2011, 07:50:46 am »
Mullet, it's hackberry. Truth is, I don't know for sure how it happened. I'm not very experienced, so it was probably due more to my carelessness than anything.

Thanks for all the input, guys...it looks like my 11 year old is gettin' a bow
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2011, 11:57:13 am »
Almost looks like the work of power tools?
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2011, 03:19:05 pm »
Bryce, drive on down to my shop and we'll get you on a piece of osage.  I agree that sinew is too much work to use it where the outcome is iffy.

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2011, 03:34:31 pm »
Firewood  :o
Don't waste your time! ;)
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2011, 03:40:47 pm »
Pop it in here and I'll straightemn some Hazel shafts >:D

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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2011, 03:52:25 am »
If you have the piece that was in there and since it's the back of the bow it might be worth trying glue it back in then glue down backing strip.
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Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2011, 04:08:10 am »
Fire good!!! Broken bow after hard work and good  sinew bad!!!
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