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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Bryce H on October 13, 2011, 09:44:39 pm

Title: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Bryce H on October 13, 2011, 09:44:39 pm

(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc411/Bryce_Hutchens/oops.jpg)



What do y'all think? would sinew fill this in? I was planning on sinewing the entire bow, anyhow, but unless I can think of a fix for this it may become a little little kid's bow. Could I just build it more in this area?

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: macbow on October 13, 2011, 10:37:44 pm

Is that the back or belly?
In my opinion sinew is a lot of work so I would want a good candidate to put that much effort into.

Another solution could be to grind off the area and add a layer of new wood.
Ron

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Bryce H on October 13, 2011, 11:05:29 pm

That's the back of the bow.

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Keenan on October 13, 2011, 11:10:36 pm

No ! That needs to be worked down and to a ring and not worth the effort and would be a waist of good sinew. IMO

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: sonny on October 13, 2011, 11:50:12 pm

that would take a pile of sinew to fill in and as far as I'm concerned there's much better uses for that much sinew.
 

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: PatM on October 14, 2011, 12:05:10 am

You could fill it with flax up to the level of the wood and sinew  on top of that. What exactly happened there anyway?

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: mullet on October 14, 2011, 12:32:17 am

  What kind of wood is it? Hickory and oak is BBQ wood  for me, but if it's osage, or some other wood I'd take a sander to it, flatten and either sinew or rawhide it. Sinew backing isn't that much trouble if you always keep a supply of sinew already seperated.

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Pappy on October 14, 2011, 07:22:03 am

Looks like a kids bow or fire wood to me. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Bryce H on October 14, 2011, 07:50:46 am

Mullet, it's hackberry. Truth is, I don't know for sure how it happened. I'm not very experienced, so it was probably due more to my carelessness than anything.

Thanks for all the input, guys...it looks like my 11 year old is gettin' a bow

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on October 14, 2011, 11:57:13 am

Almost looks like the work of power tools?

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: gstoneberg on October 14, 2011, 03:19:05 pm

Bryce, drive on down to my shop and we'll get you on a piece of osage.  I agree that sinew is too much work to use it where the outcome is iffy.

George

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: mikekeswick on October 14, 2011, 03:34:31 pm

Firewood  :o
Don't waste your time! ;)

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Del the cat on October 14, 2011, 03:40:47 pm

Pop it in here and I'll straightemn some Hazel shafts >:D
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/fire.jpg)
Del

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Prarie Bowyer on October 15, 2011, 03:52:25 am

If you have the piece that was in there and since it's the back of the bow it might be worth trying glue it back in then glue down backing strip.

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: soy on October 15, 2011, 04:08:10 am

Fire good!!! Broken bow after hard work and good  sinew bad!!!

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Bryce H on October 15, 2011, 09:24:45 am

George- I'm still gettin' up there, promise. Sorry it's takin so long, considering I live maybe an hour away?

Soy....it really was hard work, too. LOL I don't have a shop, or even a workbench...or even a draw knife for that matter. I have an apartment balcony, clamps to hold the bow to the balcony railing, and a large knife that I use as a draw knife.  ;D  I cannot wait until my girlfriend and I move into a house and I have a proper garage to work in, my life will be exponentially easier.

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: TheWildCat on October 16, 2011, 10:25:27 pm

Don't fuel disappointment with more grief. Get a new stave and apply lessons learned. Make a fire with the busted stave. I feel your pain. Ifin ya don't have enoungh wood in that stave fer a fire, I have several failures, er or "Lessons" in the corner a my garage I can add to the pile. The failures make your success all the  more sweet when it happens. Stave 2 could be it. My first bow lasted about 2 months, before it experienced limb failore. Bow 2, I am still shooting after several years. After that several succeeses and failures. Fer some reason, I have become addicted to buildin em. Good Luck...TheWildCat

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: MWirwicki on October 16, 2011, 11:22:49 pm

Firewood, sorry :(

Title: Re: Thinking, maybe, filling in with sinew would prevent firewood?
Post by: Bryce H on October 17, 2011, 09:29:25 am

Thanks, Wild Cat. Y'all are right....it's gettin the chop. Thanks for the advice.