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Offline Pat B

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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #90 on: January 17, 2023, 01:56:19 pm »
I went back and filled the voids left after the sinew dried. Once it dries again I'll check for any voids that may still be there and fill them too. I think this will be all of the sinew I add except for filling the voids. After it all dries well I'll sand the back some, size the sinew with more glue and add the rawhide covering. I use hide glue for that too. I'll give it about a month, maybe 2 to dry more then it will be time to check the tiller once more and adjust. I'll shape the tips(levers) and the handle then too.
Here are pics where I filled the voids...

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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #91 on: January 17, 2023, 02:02:18 pm »
Pat my hat is off to you sir. I just don’t have the patience for sinew backed bows. Can’t wait to see the final bow.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #92 on: January 17, 2023, 11:04:42 pm »
By 2:30 today the gap filled sinew were dry enough to blend in. That's why I prefer to sinew back bows in the winter.

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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #93 on: January 18, 2023, 10:53:27 am »
I can tell the sinew is working this morning. Even only one day after adding the sinew to fill the voids and only 2 days after adding the bulk of the sinew I can slide a piece of paper under where the tips rest on the uprights of the form. The tips are lifting off the uprights. There is no pressure there at all. As the sinew continues to dry and shrink it may come off the uprights even more.
 Since this is the first time I've made my own sinew glue I was worried about how strong it actually is. I won't really know until the bow has been shot in but so far I'm very encouraged.  :OK
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #94 on: January 18, 2023, 01:24:16 pm »
I have tried making my own glue couple of times,, I put sinew on a juniper bow,, and was really pleased how strong it was,,
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #95 on: January 18, 2023, 01:26:00 pm »
Looking good, Pat.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #96 on: January 20, 2023, 05:31:01 pm »
When I looked at the bow today sitting in our sunroom I noticed the tips have lifted off the reflex blocks. That sinew and sinew glue are doing their work.
 Before adding the sinew with the limbs sitting on the blocks the handle was at least 1" above the form base...


 Just a few minutes ago when I went and looked, this is what I saw...


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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #97 on: January 20, 2023, 06:25:56 pm »
wow really lookin great (-S
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #98 on: January 20, 2023, 08:25:05 pm »
looking good Pat
cool project
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #99 on: January 20, 2023, 08:52:30 pm »
Looks great Pat. Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and descriptions.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #100 on: January 20, 2023, 11:02:13 pm »
No problem, Will.
Thanks, Guy. Good to see you here. When are you coming back to the Classic?
Yeah, Brad. Pretty amazing. I wonder how much reflex it will hold after being shot in?
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« Reply #101 on: January 20, 2023, 11:58:56 pm »
well I dont know that wood,, but I will guess 3 inches, I think it gonna shoot great no matter how much it holds,,
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #102 on: January 21, 2023, 12:10:42 am »
Nice Pat. I knew the sinew and hide glue would shrink, but had no idea it would do so much. Do you think it will shrink anymore?
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #103 on: January 21, 2023, 01:08:48 am »
Cool
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #104 on: January 21, 2023, 08:38:42 am »
Quote from: Pat B on January 20, 2023, 11:02:13 pm

Thanks, Guy. Good to see you here. When are you coming back to the Classic?


Sorry Pat not much chance of me being there again
my health limits such trips and now my ride there is not available dew to my brothers wife's health
The golden years ya know
It takes bars of gold to live them

I cherish all the moments there and all the folks
Have fun Y'all
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