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New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
bentstick54:
Sorry to hear about the flu Pat, glad you’re feeling better. On the plus side it hit you while the sinew was drying I suppose. I’ll be curious to see how close of a guess Brad had lol.
Russ:
Hope you recover fast Pat! the bow is turning out well!
Pat B:
Thanks for the well wishes, guys and the comments about the bow.
Pat B:
Well, I'm over the flu. It was mostly a week of headaches, low grade fever and sleep deprivation but all that's over now. I even had my first beer last evening since a week ago Sunday.
I did a little more work on this bow yesterday. I sanded the sinew back with 80 grit sandpaper to smooth it somewhat, to get the predominant lumps out...
then I resized the sinew back with hide glue...
in the mean time I separated out a few choice strands of sinew to fill in the thinner sinew areas on the back...
...and added sinew where needed...
...after a little while I noticed the sinewed limbs had relaxed a little because of the introduced moisture of the hide glue and sinew. The tips were sitting back down the blocks. This morning I noticed they had come off the blocks a smig so the moisture is evaporating again. I think I'll be adding the rawhide today and then let it dry for a while. Once it dries some I may start shaping the handle and tips.
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Pat B:
Here are pics of tips back down on the blocks...
...and the drying sinew this morning with the more even sinew...
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