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Hackberry recurve build along, real time hopefully. ** DONE **
PEARL DRUMS:
Day 4 - 1 hour
The recurves and reflex came out great. This bow is very straight and flat. I clamped a piece of twine on center of each end and eye balled it. I realize its 5-6" off the bow, but it still helps some. As you can see I have no adjustments to make.....yet.
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I am different than most in that I prefer to finsih my tips before I begin to tiller or sinew a bow. Its just my thing and it works. Now that the statics are bent in I can narrow the tips closer to where I want them. I went back 8" from each tip and narrowed them to 3/4" wide for now. You can see why I love a very flexible ruler. It forms right to the curves for tracing perfect taper lines.
coaster500:
Looking great Chris!!!
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I chose cherry for my tip overlays. Both the bow wood and overlays where harvested here in Michigan. I like to prep my tip overlays as much as possible before I glue them down. I dont want to mess with the area where the back and overlays meet if I dont have to. I sand the taper right to a sharp edge. I use my scraper to gently flatten the back without going through a ring. There is no right or wrong length to make your overlays. I used 1" long for this bow because the statics are short. Be sure to always apply glue to BOTH surfaces with any application. I very lightly clamp the ovrlays as to not squeeze all my glue out.
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I have enough sinew to apply two light layers to the working section of the limb only. Which is fine by me. The recurves need no help and the extra weight isnt needed. I plan on sinewing the center 30" of the bow. I like to soak my dried sinew in a sink of water a second time. It loosens up more of the unwanted crud and makes for sinew that frays on the ends more, which makes for a smooth backing. After a 90 minute soak I use my fillet knife to scrape the pieces again. Then I lay them on wax paper to dry. They seem to stick right flat to it, I like that. I will let it dry down again for a few days and begin the process of applying it.
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