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Horn and sinew plains bow
welch2:
Thanks Ron. The next step was to sand the sinew a bit ,and size it to prep for layer two . Notice I sinew wrapped at the end of short handle piece ,to ease that transition and hold the sinew down in that curve .
Ralph
Coo-wah-chobee:
What kinna sinew Ralph ?....bob
welch2:
Here is the second layer ,right after laying it down , at the handle.
The room was warm and I had water boiling , I smoothed the sinew as it got tacky ,then tied it backward again.And hung it over the stove .
Ralph
welch2:
Little ole whitetail sinew ,Sorry I left that out . I left it over the steam for 3 hours or so ,and smoothed it a few times . Here it is after 3 days of drying with the second layer on .
And retied in just a little more reflex .
Ralph
welch2:
After a few of drying the bow has 7 3/4" of reflex . It's getting harder to pull .This is as far as I could pull it ,held out in front of me ,for the picture. This is the second layer tiller pictures .
The area near the tip on the horn nocked end (right end ) is bending to early .So I will add more sinew there , before adding the third full layer of sinew.
Ralph
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