hickory ?

[canopyboy]

Mine is a bigger plywood box with lightbulbs in the bottom and a muffin fan to circulate the air. Any closed volume with a heat source (not too hot) and a way to circulate the air would probably work though. What diameter? Schedule 40 (at least for pipe) just defines the wall thickness.)

[Blaino]

5"

[Pat B]

Today is a nice rainy day(tornado threat) so I thought I'd start the sinewing of Gidget. I started out by getting everything ready and in place. I started by adding hide glue granules to warm water and floated it in the water in the crockpot...


I got the bundles of sinew ready...


I scratched up the back of the bow with a hacksaw blade. You can see the grooves in the wood. Not too deep but enough to help hold the sinew/hide glue...


Now for the cleaning of the bow. I wet it with warm water...


...then wash it well with Dawn dish soap...

[Pat B]

...and rinse the soap off by pouring boiling water over each limb then it's ready for the sinew.


I then sized the back of the bow with hide glue to insure good adhesion...


You will see I strung the bow backwards so it will draw up easier in reflex as the sinew dries...


I soak the sinew in warm water first then squeegee out the excess water, dip it in the warm hide glue and squeegee off the excess hide glue. I then lay a strip of sinew down the center of the bow starting at the handle and working out each limb. You want the sinew to cross the handle so the sinew backing is continuous...


...now I lay the sinew along both sides of the center sinew to fill out the back...




I'll let this cure out for a few days before continuing. Once the sinew becomes transparent I will be able to see any area that might be thin so I can add more sinew to fill out the backing to a more even layer.

    To Be Continued!

[KellyG]

Nice info! love the sinew job Pat but did you just hijack this thread?

[Blaino]

Originally posted by KellyG:
Nice info! love the sinew job Pat but did you just hijack this thread?

or did he tell me to back the bow with sinew?

[KellyG]

hickory should not need any backing you use it to back other woods.

[razorback]

That's miss gidget getting dressed for the ball. Looks like he posted to the wrong thread. That being said, just can't get enough of Pat gettin it done.

[canopyboy]

Yup, I believe the thread was inadvertently hijacked.

Good stuff though.