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Hackberry recurve build along, real time hopefully. ** DONE **

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PEARL DRUMS:
While my glue is warming up I took my Shinto on the fine side and using basically the weight of the tool I scratched up the back of the bow. I blew it off good and it was ready for sinew. My method is quite simple. I screw two screws into my work bench wide enoug to fit the bows handle. Then I grab some hemp cord and tye it down tight. This bow had about 5" of reflex as is. I slipped 4 x 4's under the limbs and added another 3". If I can keep anything over 1" of that I will be tickled. You can add or take away as much reflex as you choose. There is no single recipe to cover every bow.
 

Youngboyer2(billyf):
Lookin good :), nice sinew setup

PEARL DRUMS:
I have very limited pics of the actual process. A photographer wasnt in this projects budget. I use nylon gloves because they seem to stick less to my work pieces. I keep a 2 gallon bucket with 3" of water in it for my sinew to soak, and my tools. I let my bunldes soak 30 seconds to 2 minutes depending on the size of the bundle. I like to let them just get softened up some so they lay flat and hopefully suck up less glue and leave a little behind to hold it down. I comb the bunldes once again prior to dipping them in the glue pot. After a swish or two I lightly sqeeze out the excess glue and flatten the bunlde out at the same time. I start with my longest bundle centered on the bow through the handle. Continue to methodically cover the bow being fairly mindful to keep the layers and weight close to the same on each limb. I was lucky on this one because I didnt expect my sinew to cover as much as it did. I got two good layers and a heavy 3/4" band down the working center. I use a chunk of deer antler to smooth the sinew out as I add it. Always stretching it towards the tips. I covered all but about 6-7" of the tips. I used that sinew for the extra band down the center. I felt it was better suited there than on static tips. Its quite dry in my shop right now, and warm. I will give it 7-8 days and see how its doing.

See ya'then! ;)

PEARL DRUMS:
Incase yor counting.  I have 11 hours into the bow so far, maybe 2 quarts of sweat and 6-8 dews.

okie64:
You're not supposed to be sweatin in March Pearlie, too early for that.

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