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Offline sleek

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2016, 04:54:42 pm »
Im gonna call the bow toast. It has snake character to it so I cant give it a wooden backing either.

Pearl, no, its not one of my shorties. This is just a regular d bow.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2016, 05:22:45 pm »
Good decision. Grab another stick and do it again.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2016, 05:23:07 pm »
Haha, i hope not pearl.

Lol your confidence in my ability to screw up seems warranted however.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2016, 05:26:37 pm »
I meant build another one, not do the same thing twice!
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Offline scp

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2016, 05:45:53 pm »
Quote from: sleek on August 15, 2016, 05:23:07 pm
Haha, i hope not pearl.
Lol your confidence in my ability to screw up seems warranted however.

That was funny. Of course he just wants you to try again and succeed this time.

Anyhow you are way ahead of me. I have been thinking about sinewing a bow for the last five years and still cannot decide whether I would "sacrifice" a perfectly good self-bow stave, even though I have dozens of them.

Good luck this time.
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Offline LittleBen

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2016, 07:28:04 pm »
I've only found on way to repair a crack like that.

I use a 4 ply linen string which I cut to a few inches long, and separate into it individual plies. Then glue them down carefully over the crack with superglue making sure they are all nicely aligned and they are in a single layer. Use superglue. Then saturate them in glue, and then feather the ends down smooth.
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Offline mwosborn

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Re: Newbie sinew question
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2016, 09:22:00 pm »
I am not good enough at tillering to get a 56" stiff handled bow to pull to 27"!  IMO, the sinew should have been applied before tillering on a bow with those measurements.  With that being said however, I am kind of conservative.  ;D  Good luck on the next one.
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