Here's the first shot of her with a string on.
She's got a bit of a hinge on the upper limb right at midlimb. Lower limbv doesn't bend enough at the handle but the limbs are pretty even. I'll work on that hingy area first.
That's a little better but still too much bend at midlimb. |
2/1/00 12:00 |
12:30 Still too much bend there at the top but getting better. Bottom is bending a little more now. |
1:00 I've got a flat spot between the near handle wood on the top and that hingy spot that I'll work next. |
2/2/00 12:00 The flat spot is still there and the bottom is too strong. |
12:10 I worked just the bottom limb. Getting more even. |
12:20 Still off. |
12:30 Getting better but not quite there |
1:00 Much better but still alittle strong in the bottom. I'm gonna try to get the near handle area to move a bit. |
5:00 Getting a little more movement at the handle. More tomorrow! |
2/3/00 12:00 Bent to about 18". Looking OK. The flat at the handle in the bottom limb looks good now. Still flat up top though. |
12:30 OK, it's rounding out nicely. Man I love it when it lifts off those tips! |
Here's what she looks like right now. I've decided to go ahead
and sinew her this weekend if I get the chance. I'll let you know
how she turns out.
I did this one a little different than the first sinew job I tried.
I wasn't real pleased with the way the sinew lay when using bundles like
TBB recommends. Instead, I applied one strand at a time. I
started with tiny strands, almost threadlike and discovered that was really
too time consuming so I went to larger strands and just presoaked them.
Man does it lay down nice like that! Much more organized and neat.
It really didn't take much more time because I saved a lot of time processing
the stuff. With bundles, I tried to get real fine threads and that's
where the time goes. But with this method, I just got smallish threads
and then presoaked the lot of them in a bowl of water. I'd pull one
out, wring it and then lay it down. I started with a straight line
down the center and went from there. Very easy and neat. I
also could see what I was doing better because I didn't have hide glue
all over the place. No processing and laying out bundles, no sorting
of strand sizes, just pull the threads to desired thickness and put 'em
in a pile. When you're ready to sinew, put in a bowl of water and
go. Less space needed too. It's the only way to go IMO.
I'll let her cure for a couple weeks and then get to tillering in earnest.
She's almost home anyways so it should take too long. She will gain
some weight but this is a pretty thin layer of sinew so it shouldn't be
much. See ya!
Well the sinew is dry and we're ready to start stalking tiller as Dean Torges says.
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