SLO-MO multiple bows build along

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No Pat, got it from TOM (paleo)

[Pat B]

Looks like it ought to do the trick!    Pat

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Profiles are set.

Bellys are tempered.

The last remnence of bark has being scraped from the back.

Sinew is processed.

Getting ever so close to applying it to the bows

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[Jbell]

Dang that sure is some pretty wood, especially that first pic showing the reflex. Have you figured out which glue you are going to use for sinewing?  if you are using Knox or hide glue you are gonna have a ton of reflex in those staves. I hope your belly can handle it. Good luck and lookin real good.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

I'll try sinewing them tonite after I drop my daughter of to mom.

I'll unveil the glue too

[Marc St Louis]

Should be interesting. I've never tried sinewing bows with a lot of character and would tend to avoid it myself as the sinew may pull the bow into an odd shape as it dries.

[tradrick]

This is a excellant build along.It lets a rookie like myself learn alot and have visuale aids for some of the things I don't understand.tradrick

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Hey Marc, that's an other reason why I decided to use TB III, ...I know the purists now will shake they heads

But after much consideration I feel that I can trade a bit of performance for peace of mind. that's why I got the profile at 3" reflex, I'll be happy with 1" or even after the bows are shot in !

one quote the made me really think was "It would be like incasing springs with cement"......well you see here we have a huge problem with rust "never buy a new car on the North Shore "everything just rusts away really fast, ,..so I thought, the spring might not be as effective, but at least it will be there ...what good will a super spring do me if it is all rustsed  in no time??

[D. Tiller]

Can I make a suggestion Manny? When sinewing the bow allow the bundle of sinew to be put on the bow soak in water untill its soft. I use a shallow pan and just put enough water in it to just cover the bundle. Allow it to sit untill completly soft and white in color and no longer clear. The TBIII will not soak enough into the sinew to allow it to cmpletly relax. Squeegie out the excess water from sinew and then apply TBIII to sinew before aplying it to the bow.  When a layer is down aply another thin coating of TBIII over the top using your fingers.

You may also want to wrap some serran wrap arround the sinew for a day or two to retard the drying process a bit so the sinew and glue can dry at closer to the same rate. I did this with my last bow and it helped out a bit. Not as good as hide glue or Knox but it works pretty good and comes close.

Good luck!

David T

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Thanks David.

Didn't have enougth time last nite or this morning to tackle this venture, ...but I got a bit of spare time to steembend the kink in my Guava ELB

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She's under doctor orders, not to move for a little while

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[Marc St Louis]

Well maybe that will work, Manny.

I always wet my sinew before soaking and I use hot water, not so hot that it will burn my fingers though. Softens the sinew really well.