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tpoof:
Hey Guys!
Well a couple of days later and the sinew is lookin good! Turned an amber color and is getting nice and hard!
I was wondering though, for you's with more experience, if I should wrap the tips some with sinew? I'm thinkin about 1.5 inches below the tip to about 4inches below the tip, the whole curve, just not sure yet ???
Reading stories of how sinew like to pull away from the curves and figured if I can stop that before it happens it would be a good thing.
Would wrapping the recurve make it stiff, like a static recurve? I know that once I put the sinew wrapping on that I'm done for tillering in that area, might be able to bring home the tiller at the fades out to midlimb if needed. Just would like someone to give a critique :)
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Ryano:
I would finish tillering it first before I even thought about wraping the tips....if you did a good job degreasing and sizing the back it shouldnt lift anyways, but you could add some thread wraps down there after the tillering is done for insurance.... ;)
tpoof:
Thanks Ryano! I was hoping you would reply! Yes I'm sure that I degreased the back well, I used some acetone and wiped it down twice before I sized the back. I used Knox gelatin to size the back as well as apply the sinew.
I wanted to leave the tips until after the final tillering then possibly do a red silk thread wrapping at those spots over the Garter snake skins!
Glad you replied and confirmed my thoughts!
I really like your work as well and use it as an inspiration for my own projects
Thanks again and lets keep the woodchips flying!
brokennock:
Lookin good. Keep us posted.
tpoof:
Its slowly comin,,,,
all kinds of problems...
pics of the latest,,,
started shooting her today
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