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6 piece Asiatic style bamboo bow
BowEd:
Interesting....Now that hog gut covering does'nt go over the belly too as it is a tube from an intestine does it?
Maybe just the lining of the hog gut????
superdav95:
--- Quote from: BowEd on May 22, 2022, 07:06:14 am ---Interesting....Now that hog gut covering does'nt go over the belly too as it is a tube from an intestine does it?
Maybe just the lining of the hog gut????
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Not the belly. Just layers of hog intestine actually that gets cleaned, dried and spread out like sheet of paper in layers. I picture it like they open it up along one side and spread it out so it’s no longer a tube. The covering I decided to go with as a protective layer on this bow was 4 layers. It’s quite thin as you can imagine and weights hardly anything at all. I didn’t find it added any sinew effect of any poundage to a bow but it’s a neat protective backing for a bow or in this case sinew covering. I follow with a couple layers of titebond 3 applied with my finder to work it in after a few days drying. This will help water proof it a bit too. I suspect I’ll do more of these backings as it’s a neat effect especially with the little textured look it has. It take stain very well too which is nice. Gives it a depth and translucency to the surface. Thanks for looking. Cheers.
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--- Quote from: Selfbowman on May 21, 2022, 11:47:10 am ---Cool builds Dave . I enjoyed the the thread on the bows . Good speed also!
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Thanks selfbowman! Gonna get the sinewed version finished up here in the next couple weeks and compare them all head to head. Sort of. They are all similar draw weights but ended up varied. I just finished I putting a hog gut covering on my sinewed version of this bow and letting it dry a week or so. Should be interesting to see how it does.
Thanks for looking.
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superdav95:
Got this little sinewed version braced today. It did not tiller well for me. I think I went wrong on trying to tiller this bow the same way I would with a all wood bow. I tried to get it looking good early on in its pulls and got too hung up on perfection and before I knew it I had a 25-30lb bow. It had a very pronounced c shape when I started bending it and warming it up getting things moving. I believe I removed too much belly wood too early on in the process trying to get things perfect. Oh well lesson learned. It’s still a sweet little 25-30lb bow albeit sinewed and highly reflexed. It’s like a race car with a chevett engine. It looks fast but it ain’t. I guess it’s fast for a 25lb bow. It shoots nice for a kids bow I quess. My goal was 50lbs with this bow. Just a little off! Anyways here a couple pics. I’ll do less removal for the next one.
Cheers and thanks for looking.
BowEd:
Sorry to hear this Dave.I feel your disapppointment,but it did not break and that's good too knowing your glueing application process was good.The bow making bug bite is highly ingrained and I'm sure the wheels of ideas will turn into more attempts.
What process is it that you do to get a bow to brace?
superdav95:
Thanks Ed. It’s a different animal for me in getting to brace which is likley where the problems start for me. There is so much reflex that my tiller tree set up won’t work and I do not have a leg board made yet. So my way of getting to brace was to slowly start bending both limbs together towards me with the handle against my knee. I figured this would work as I could see the bend was equal for both sides. I think I got too hung up on the getting both limbs to look the same and removed too much belly wood. My hope was to remove none but the bend was so uneven that I didn’t feel like it was gonna get to brace. For my next one I’m definitely gonna use a peg board. I feel like it should still be possible to get a bow of this type braced by the method I used but the learning curve involves messing up a few first. I’m not sure on that.
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