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superdav95:
Here’s the bow out of the glue up and wrap.  I hit it with the belt sander to save time and then to the rasp.  Glue lines are good!   About 5” reflex.  We shall see what I end up keeping when I start tillering.  More to come. 

simk:
That is looking good Dave!
The problem I always had with the inner tubes is that the glue sticks to the tubes making it hard to remove and often damages them when removing. I often could use them only once therefore. Don't they? I therefore bought silicone rubber bands which dont stick with the 2k - this worked much better. But since I'm glueing my bows with white pva carpenters glue this anyways isnt a topic anymore.
Wonder how much of that reflex you are going to save....the heat treating sure will help you a lot!
Best of luck!
Cheers

bjrogg:
looking good so far Dave. I'm watching when I can.

Thanks for posting this. A boo backed bow is on my list.

bjrogg

superdav95:

--- Quote from: simk on August 12, 2023, 05:20:40 am ---That is looking good Dave!
The problem I always had with the inner tubes is that the glue sticks to the tubes making it hard to remove and often damages them when removing. I often could use them only once therefore. Don't they? I therefore bought silicone rubber bands which dont stick with the 2k - this worked much better. But since I'm glueing my bows with white pva carpenters glue this anyways isnt a topic anymore.
Wonder how much of that reflex you are going to save....the heat treating sure will help you a lot!
Best of luck!
Cheers

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Thanks Simon.  Ya it’s an issue with the glue sticking to the inner tubes.  I usually get 4-5 bow glue ups with each set.  Ever since I started wrapping with cling wrap just prior to wrapping with inner tubes.  This saves the tubes in large part to get more uses out of them.   The reflex I’m hoping will retain at least 3-4” of it.  These 2 bows are slightly different from each other so there may be some variations in reflex retention too.  The secret to retain more of this reflex is more to do with the reflex induced with the heat treatment more then the Perry reflex part of this build.  We shall see what happens.  Thanks again for watching and following along. 

superdav95:

--- Quote from: bjrogg on August 12, 2023, 10:34:07 am ---looking good so far Dave. I'm watching when I can.

Thanks for posting this. A boo backed bow is on my list.

bjrogg

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Thanks BJ.  I recommend trying one. 

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