OK, the bow now has sinew applied to the sides and it's been drying for a few days.
I got a little too zealous and put sinew too high on the back (in the handle area) and the sinew separated from the back.
(Note: I did not wrap the sinew with twine this time.)
So I just trimmed it off with a knife. This did not affect the first course of sinew.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020799.jpg)
Sanding the remaining sinew "hight spots".
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020800.jpg)
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020802.jpg)
I checked the alignment of the tips and, sure enough, the wood has "remembered" some of it's original shape.
(I guess the moisture in the sinew affected the wood?)
Anyway, the original shape was much worse that this, so I guess it's not too bad.
I just hope that it doesn't change much during final tillering.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020808.jpg)
I added a second course of sinew to the back and let it dry for a few days.
(The second course was not wrapped with twine)
I didn't apply the sinew to the handle area...just the limbs.
I hope you can see that there is no second course of sinew over the handle area in the pic below.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020813.jpg)
Lower tip with sinew on back and side.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020814.jpg)
Other tip.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020815.jpg)
Sanding rough spots on second course of sinew.
The second course is not as important as the first, so I'm not too worried about sanding through the fibers.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020816.jpg)
Wrapping the lower tip with sinew & glue.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020819.jpg)
Adding shoulder nock.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020820.jpg)
Applying layer of glue (straight from the bottle) over the second course of sinew.
![](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/jackcrafty/10-19-08/S4020822.jpg)
As you can see from the last pic, I wrapped the limb (about 1" wide). I did this to cover a small splinter on the belly. Then I wrapped the other limb for symmetry. Then I remembered that I hadn't finished the tillering (OOPS!)....oh well.
![Grin ;D](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
I'm hoping the final tiller looks good. If there is a problem, and I have to remove the sinew wrap (to scrape wood off the belly), it's no big deal.....just kind of a pain. I'm crossing my fingers.