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scrap sinew? make some glue!

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Pat B:
I use a $5 crock pot from Good Will to keep hide glue liquid in a double boiler set up. This cheap crock pot doesn't have a temp control so if I think the water in the double boiler is getting too hot I just add cold water to it.
 On my last sinew backed bow I built I made the hide glue from saved scraps of sinew and rawhide. Cook it for a couple of days just by adding water every once in a while. Worked quite well for me.

superdav95:

--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 06, 2026, 10:52:48 am ---Long ago someone used a florist's frog to process sinews. If you don't know what that is, google the image. Basically the thing is a puck with a whole bunch of sharp nails sticking up. Florists put it in the bottom of a vase and then when they poke flower stems down into the vase they stay where they are put.

I had no idea where to find one, so I took a piece of 1x2 hickory scrap, drilled a lot of holes, and then set skinny little finish nails into it. Kinda like carding wool, I carded my deer backsinews through it to break it up. Short and broken pieces stay behind in the tool, but I stashed those in a baggie and saved them for glue. This process has worked for me for decades and I think sinew makes a superior glue to hide glue!

Maybe that's my next project? Show how to make one from scratch and how it's used.

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Sounds good to me JW! 

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