60" Osage Sinew backed Recurve in progress

[osage outlaw]

Bill, I was never a boy scout but I'm always prepared   

[simson]

Looks very good so far.
Will be a hard thing to tiller, as the others said go slow and exercise a lot watching the weight.
Very nice sinew job btw.!
Good luck!

[MWirwicki]

DBar, that's looking great!  Can't wait to see more progress on her.

[DesertDisciple]

Wow! Will be following this one. Have to read back. Looking great

[H Rhodes]

I will be following this one.  Looking great Bill.  That first bracing is going to be an adventure.

[Aaron H]

Great looking sinew job Bill, I anticipate more from you on this build.

[Selfbowman]

Looking good . I will try to watch this one. Arvin

[bradsmith2010]

ok this may not help at all, but I had pretty good success with a high reflexed bow doing this,,
I could not get it to go on the tiller tree to see the bend,,but wanted to exercise the limbs before bracing,,
I got a bucket full of rocks( ok I know this sounds primitive) that weighed my target weight 50#,,
then I put the bow on long string and lifted the bucket,, that way I knew I was not going over target weight,,
finally I put the bow in the vise and hooked the bucket to the long string and let it sweat a bit,,
when I got the limbs moving enough I got it braced,, the 50# weight was pulling the reflex to about even,, when I got it strunt the first time, I nearly missed the weight as the sinew gave in quite a bit,, so as mentiioned string when it feels a bit heavy,,

[PatM]

I just  put two blocks of thick wood(or stack a couple of pieces) on the floor and place the bow tips on them and push down on the handle. The tips do need to be able to slip a little on the wood

 Works great for stringing too.

[upstatenybowyer]

I'm watching this one as well DBar. I'd love to see some pics of the tillering/bracing. Seems like the time between the sinew is cured and the time it's braced for the first time is critical.

[osage outlaw]

Bill, it might take 3 of us to get that thing braced next month 

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Bill, it might take 3 of us to get that thing braced next month 

Clint I will bring a high lift Jack and you and Bill set back and watch this ole country boy string it by myself. LoL.

Serious it really might take all 3 of us!

[Danzn Bar]

I've done a few highly reflexed bows and I don't think I'll have much trouble with this one.  Before sinew I had it to a 4" brace and pulling it to 14" at about 60#.
I'll put it on my tillering tree with as short of long string as possible, with a scale so not to over stress it as I'm pulling it just an inch or two at a time.  If at first if it wants to flip I'll clamp the handle to the tree.  This has worked for me before in the past.

RH in the shop has been between 30 and 35% since I sinew it.  Got started on a couple more bows to keep my mind off it, but had to take a look at it today.  So far it looks good, no checks on the belly, and the drying sinew is drawing it up a bit.  I really don't need anymore reflex though....

Gutshot, OO may not be able to wait until Jan 28 when we meet, that will be 7 weeks after, Wow yep don't think I can wait that long, but we'll see. 
Here are a few update pictures.....pleased with the way it is drying.

Thanks for the comments and looking,
Till next time,
DBar

[Onebowonder]

I'm not sure if you noticed Mr. DBar, but I think you've developed a little bit of a hinge issue out toward the end of each limb there.  Most all of your bend appears to be coming from the last 7 or 8 inches of each limb.  I used a drawing program to super impose an ellipse over your full-draw picture to help you see what I mean...

 

OneBow

[osage outlaw]

Yep.  2 big recurvey hinges.  Good eye One bow