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Hazelnut bow build-a-long (fixed pictures)
Dano:
Gordon, you are the man!!! Awesome work my friend.
Gordon:
Next I am going to trim the tips in order to hide the transition between the skins and the painted tips. For this job I’m going to use red no. 4 Brownell nylon serving thread.
I cut off about 3 feet of thread and begin wrapping from the tip toward the skin.
When I have about ¼” left I form a loop with a short piece of thread and wrap over it.
When I am done wrapping I thread the end of the serving through the loop and pull the thread underneath itself and out again. This is called whip finishing. I then trim the end close to the wrapping with a razor blade.
Gordon:
Finally I put a few drops of superglue on the wrappings to hold them in place.
And here are the trimmed tips.
bootboy:
they need to make this builalong into the next copy of the magazine. Man this is this serious!!
Are you planning to sell this bow or is it for keeping on your wall to put all the other bowyers to shame hahaha
Gordon:
Thank you for the compliment BB. I am building this bow for a gentleman that lives in Washington state. Based on my conversations with him I expect that he will be shooting the bow (and not just hanging it on a wall). This build-a-long has been nice in that I have been able to collaborate throughout the process with him.
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