Hickory-Short-Sinew build... Tiller time! (pics page 5)

[hoosierf]

Yep dawn dish soap until it’s squeaky. 

[Fox]

Yep dawn dish soap until it’s squeaky.

 

[Parnell]

Looking forward to seeing what you get.  This is your first sinew run?

[Fox]

Looking forward to seeing what you get.  This is your first sinew run?

So am I! Yep this is my first sinew bow attempt

[Fox]

Okay... Sinew processed, that's about 1,100 grains of sinew with the help of some friends ... is that small enough? or do the fibers need to be smaller? Hoping that's enough. still need to wash the bow and the sinew.

I'm trying to decide what glue to use... I made some hide glue from a dog chew and dried it. I'm not sure if it's good or not though.. trying to decide whether to use the stuff I have from 3 rivers, Knox, or the stuff I made, hm.... what do you all think?

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[Fox]

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[bradsmith2010]

i think use the knox,, try a experiemental bow with the stuff you made,, I made some glue from rawhide, and it worked well, I put on a kids bow to see how it was gonna work, it was fine, but for your first bow go with something proven,,,,

[Fox]

Okay, thanks brad.

[bambule]

Hey nice to see your sinew job.
Just a tip: If you think, you have enough sinewwraps - prepare some more :-).
It‘s better you have some more, than you run out of it on the last 2 inches and the glue is ready and so on...

Greetz
Cord

[Fox]

When you say sinewwraps... do you mean processed sinew fibers?

[Fox]

Okay when I wash the bow with boiling water and dawn dish soap... isn’t it going to check like crazy in the 20% humidity weather?

[bradsmith2010]

no

[bambule]

Yes I mean sinew ready to put on the bow.

[Fox]

okay... I sinewed it today... phew... that was difficult

so I have no clue if I did anything remotely corect.... so I only put on two layers... which was about 900 grains, I still have 200 grains left of sinew... was I just putting it on really thick or something? cause the bowyers bible says to put maybe 3-4 layers... I have no clue how this will turn out or if i need to add another layer??  Is it supposed to look so freaking messy? 

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[Fox]

I just used the last 200 grains of sinew and ran one line down the center of the bow... Im worried though because I noticed a few spots on the edges pulled up from the bow a little bit, like what happens if you mess up a rawhide backing.... ugh!.. ill see what it looks like in the morning and post pics..