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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DuBois on February 17, 2013, 07:01:23 am

Title: Can I use tip overlays with sinew backing??
Post by: DuBois on February 17, 2013, 07:01:23 am

If I sinew a bow, can I first put on tip overlays and then sinew around them to help secure them or is the sinew reinforcement enough for small tips?
Working on a buckthorn that is 49" and will get sinew soon.

I really am gonna finish something soon too  :-[

Title: Re: Can I use tip overlays with sinew backing??
Post by: Knapper on February 17, 2013, 08:58:58 am

When you lay on your sinew just stop short of the tips a couple of inches. Since the last part of the limb is nonworking you really won't need it there.
Knapper

Title: Re: Can I use tip overlays with sinew backing??
Post by: Pat B on February 17, 2013, 11:39:24 am

I do the same as Knapper. The last few inches of the limb are non-working(in most cases) and adding sinew to that area just adds the extra physical weight without the performance factor of the sinew.
 Where I end the sinew backing I add a sinew wrap. If I'm adding snake skins also I put them over the sinew wrap and add a decorative wrap over that.