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Offline BowEd

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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2013, 11:12:35 am »
That's lookin nice Bub.Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2013, 12:21:09 pm »
yes, tiller looks good so far. we are waiting for the whole story.

How far do you tiller out the bows before sinewing?

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« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2013, 03:04:20 pm »
i'm kind of excited to soy the two sinewed bows I did before were quite a while ago and while they survived I wasn't happy with the final product
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sounds good pearlie, you start yours in a month and they might be done at the same time ::)
simson I just wanted to get a good even bend going but i'm no expert on sinewed bows, what do you guy's that sinew bows do, I kinda thought part of the reason of the sinew is protection from breakage so I didn't want to risk tillering it out to far on a short draw , using Ishi's way of measuring it came out 55 1/2" ttt and drawing similar to him I figured 26" draw
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2013, 05:18:10 pm »
Cool!!
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2013, 06:52:00 pm »
here is the unbraced and profile pics
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Offline JonW

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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2013, 07:49:47 pm »
Looks good Bub. I have never worked with Ash before so I can't speak with experience about it. I will try to get a good floor tiller before I lay down the sinew when I'm doing it. I don't think you were taking too big of a chance with a 26" draw on a 55" bow IMO. The bow I just put sinew on is 48" and I'm gonna shoot for 26" of draw myself. I reflexed mine while putting the sinew on though. If you haven't put your sinew on yet I recommend reflexing it some with the length of bow you are making.
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2013, 11:40:09 pm »
GOOD LUCK BUB, I'm finishing up another ash with a thin Ipe back, for the youngest son-inlaw. I'll post it up soon.
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« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2013, 06:31:47 am »
good luck with that, I haven't ever seen epe used as a backing before
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2013, 08:21:28 am »
Very nice Bub. I like it.
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2013, 01:15:44 pm »
Looking good Bubby..... started one a while back but went BOOM!!!
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Re: Ishi bow started up
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2013, 04:38:43 pm »
good luck with it...hope the sinewing goes well
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« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2013, 09:12:33 pm »
just got some sinew and hide glue in the mail, thank's Matt ;) i'll put it to good use here
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« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2013, 10:56:47 pm »
got a couple of courses of sinew on the bow this afternoon, i'll fill the low spots in a few days and then let it set for a couple of weeks, put about 1 1/2" of reflex in it as well, Bub
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« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2013, 03:02:28 pm »
here she is, gonna sit there for a while now to let the sinew dry, then fill the low spots and waithttp://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/103_4080.jpg
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« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2013, 03:03:55 pm »

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