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txdm:
Here's a tip for beginners that I picked up as a beginner.
Filing, Scraping, Sanding... always works better when the object is placed on a surface rather than just held up in your hand.
Obviously, right?
And the same goes for using a file card to clean a file. I used to hold the file out and brush, brush, brush, brush....on and on. Then one day I discovered that just putting the tip of the file down on a table while brushing it made one swipe clean it a great deal more efficiently than just holding it. I mean 10x better.
DC:
--- Quote from: dylanholderman on January 06, 2018, 07:24:17 pm ---i like the inner tube idea (A) looks way easier and more likely to happen then wrapping them in rags
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+1 good one OO.
Pat B:
One tip I have for beginners especially but for some more experienced bowyers...Patience! Without it you are in trouble. If you find yourself distracted, pissed off, or just not able to concentrate on the matter at hand, put down the tools and go find something else to do. I know it sounds simple but from someone that has been doing this wood bow building thing for a long time and from somebody that has been impatient in the past and disregarded my feelings at the time, it's just not worth loosing lots of good work to impatience.
bjrogg:
Thanks for adding your tips guys. I'm not going to fill up a bunch of pages thanking everyone but I do thank You all. This is the kinda stuff I'm hoping keeps getting added to this thread.
Bjrogg
burchett.donald:
One of my favorite's "Pitch Shellac" )P( I learned this from PatB years ago...Take hard crystallized pitch, not sticky pitch, and use enough denatured alcohol to dissolve...I use a small paint brush to apply to sinew wraps and feather bases...When the alcohol evaporates you are left with a hard waterproof coating...Your sinew will never get wet again, never... (R
Don
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