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Offline PatM

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Re: Rawhide backing ???
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2012, 05:21:02 pm »
When you first place the hide strip or strips on the back use some masking tape applied  by holding the strip across the center of the handle and pull  both sides of the tape down equally and cross the tape on the handle. This pulls the hide to the bow without putting  any side to side twist to it.
 Do the same at the tips. Then you can wrap from the handle out with a spiral to the wrap without skewing it to one side. Do the first spiral out to the tips fairly gently and then come back down the limb to the handle a bit tighter.
 Do the same with the other limb.
 As you get your warp closer to the taped sections you can pull them off and just wrap those areas with cloth. They are just put on as a temporary hold.

Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: Rawhide backing ???
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2012, 05:48:08 pm »
Pat
I wonder if you could just do it all with painters tape ?
That is the way I put snake skins on but I have not used it for rawhide
I tear off 30 or so pieces of 1.5" tape 6" or so long before I start to glue
then when I'm ready I wrap them around and stick the ends together as I pinch them in they get fairly tight so it should work ? no bubbles in my skins !
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