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2-piece Takedown Sinew backed Osage Recurve 51@ 28

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backtowood B2W:
Going to flight travel soon and I would love to have such a bow in the suitcase...will give this a try for sure someday. The snakeskin is beautiful - I'm wondering what reason for the rawhide between skins and sinew - do you think the snakeskin is not enough protection?
Thanks for showing!
B2W

bradsmith2010:
beautiful congrats,, (-S

silent sniper:

--- Quote from: backtowood B2W on June 28, 2022, 03:06:42 pm ---I'm wondering what reason for the rawhide between skins and sinew - do you think the snakeskin is not enough protection?
Thanks for showing!
B2W

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B2W, the rawhide was just a personal preference of mine, I intended to add the rawhide over the sinew from the very beginning. The snakes were just to dress the bow up a bit.

 I’ve had bamboo failures in the past on my laminated bows and I’ve learned that a rawhide backing makes a wooden bow extremely robust and the odds of a failure on the back of the bow drop tremendously. It’s cheap insurance that’s worth it to me.

My view on it may change with more time/experience, but for now I’m a fan of rawhide.

Cheers 👍🏻

PaSteve:
Wow! That is a beautiful bow S.S. Great job on the take-down sleeve, also.

Wyzat:

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I actually just used 2” fiberglass mesh and EA-40 epoxy…. Nothing fancy. I’ve learned a few tips that I will pass along.
1. Use 1” wide fiberglass mesh if you can get it. It will wrap the best with the least amount of bulges.
 
2. Calipers are absolutely necessary in order to get correct measurements of the tendon before you chop the bow in half.

3. I like a .90-.100 taper in thickness and a .40-50 taper in width in the tendon on the bottom limb. These measurements are taken from the end of the tendon to the middle where it is cut in half.  The tendon has to be tapered with no high spots whatsoever.

4. Draw as many reference lines through the tendon and riser before you cut the bow in half. These will become very valuable when trying to line it back up. Draw the reference lines both straight through and diagonal on the riser to ensure the bow alignment is good.

5. Make sure the bow is firmly clamped and perfectly aligned in the jig before starting to wrap the mesh on the handle. Spend the time it takes to get it aligned and clamp it well so it doesn’t get bumped and shifted in the process.

My biggest piece of advice is just to give it a try, experience is the best teacher 👍🏻

Cheers,
Taylor
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Thank you for that information. Yep, experience, along with a few pointers is a great teacher. Again, wonderful work on that bow.

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