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Offline osage outlaw

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Need help with testing carp glue
« on: April 17, 2012, 02:53:37 pm »
I got a bunch of carp air bladders from Turtlecreek to make some glue and test it against sinew/hide glue.  I am having a hard time thinking of a good way to test them.  I don't want to glue two blocks of wood together like they did in TBB1.  Since the glue will be used for sinew backing, I want to test it with sinew.  I have a nice viking scale that goes to 100 lbs and if needed, I can use a scale that goes to 300 lbs.  I am shredding up a bunch of small deer tendons to make a new batch of glue.  I will make both batches of glue the exact same.  I was thinking of weighing out equal portions and lengths of sinew bundles and glueing them to the back of a piece of osage with a strong loop in the center.  Once it was fully dry, I would hook the loop on the scale and pull until the sinew came loose.  Do you think that will work?  Any suggestions would be great. 
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Need help with testing carp glue
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2012, 03:11:52 pm »
You would be pulling perpendicular to the glue up. In use with bows isn't the stress more linear? I would think pulling from the end would be more like a bow.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Need help with testing carp glue
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2012, 04:30:30 pm »
Just send me enough and I will do up a bow with it Clint!
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