Sinew or rawhide? Lots a pix added!

[Mike Yancey]

What Pat said, dry wood will pull the moisture from the sinew drying it faster, BUT it will make the wood wet again. If you apply sinew to  unseasoned wood the wood and sinew will dry at about the same rate.
Sinew job looks great in the picture.
Mike

[b.glass]

The upper limb is to the left. I wrapped the way I did because a thin crack was forming in that area. I left a space hoping I wouldn't have to wrap it at the arrow pass. I will wrap it further up the limb after the tillering if it looks like it's going to hold up until then.

[b.glass]

A closer look at the lower fade area wrapped. Walkabout, I did soak the crack with thin CA several times. Forgot to mention that earlier. You can see it sitting there in the first pic.

Pat, do you think it will harm the process to continue tillering at this point?

[b.glass]

A closer look at THE CRACK. Wahaha!  

[b.glass]

This crack developed while sitting in the hot box. It was just starting to come around the knot until I strung it low yesterday. About 4.5". It came on around at that point and it has been pulled no further.

[b.glass]

Profile at that low brace. I wrote a number "10" on the lower limb and a number "20" on the upper limb where I wanted to scrape which I've done this morning. I haven't restrung it since though.

[b.glass]

I appreciate everyones opinions and thoughts. Keep'em coming.

[John Scifres]

Proceed with cautious abandon and tentative hope     Don't worry about weight.  Make it a bow.

[b.glass]

Ya, It's just a bow.

[b.glass]

That is very good advice that John gave me. It helps keep things in perspective.

I've taken more off the bow in about the same areas with not much change in profile.

Hey can anyone tell me why the pictures on older posts don't stay. Alot of my pictures are now just a little red "x".

[SpikeMaster]

Originally posted by b.glass:
Hey can anyone tell me why the pictures on older posts don't stay. Alot of my pictures are now just a little red "x".

Hit the F5 key on your keyboard on the pages you see the red "x".

[SpikeMaster]

Oh by the way the bow is looking good. Hope eveything works out.

[b.glass]

Thanks Spike.

I have been off for a few days while the hard drive got an overhaul. I will update as I can. I will let you know that the bow would now qualify as a youth bow. I'm thinking about piking the tips about 1 1/2" and another thin layer of sinew. It would go from a little over 60" to 57".

I'd had about an ounce and a half on each limb but I had put it about half way down the sides. I took that sinew off so to get the amount on that Mike suggested it could handle another thin layer. With all that and more cure time I'm hoping to add a whopping 20#!

I have pics of the tiller. Which isn't perfect. I want to see if you see what I see.  

John, if you would have that bow class I would do my best to be there!

[b.glass]

I haven't put up new pix yet because I noticed that my son wasn't pulling it from the right spot on the string and the tiller looks worse that it really is. The string had no serving or nock point to give him reference. I need to take another picture but it had been raining alot and ....

[Mike Yancey]

B.
Here is the cedar and sinew bow that I have been working on since Ed Scott gave me the roughed out bow in Jan. I cut it to 52'' and its 60@26'' real fast and a nice shooter. We will see how long it lasts.
Mike

[Pat B]

Mike, are you using sapwood and heartwood with the ERC?  I have a 49" stave I've got shaped and intend to sinew back. I've heard that sinew will separate the sapwood from the heartwood but that was only hear say. I would think that ERC and sinew would be the perfect marriage.

[Mike Yancey]

It has the sapwood as well as the heart.
Mike

[b.glass]

Mike, that is beautiful! I was hoping you would remember to show us.

Mine wasn't working out to well, then it took a swan dive out of my hot box that is like 5' off the ground, tip first of course...I'll have to post a picture of it. Needless to say, I have to look for another stave.  

[walkabout]

ouch, too bad was looking forward to seeing the outcome of this one. good luck on the next one though, and keep us posted.