Strangely enough, I’ve just finished sizing a 36” primitive laminate hawthorn backed with bamboo - why I don’t know, totally experimental. So I am using a one off superb quality cooking version which is almost totally clear just a hint of straw, comes in scored sheets breaks like glass so I do it in a bag. Mixed 4 sheets into 300ml cup roughly, to a running consistency to size, it took 15-20 layers to finally achieve a full coating. It was degreased with surgical spirits (was just at hand) and I put minute grooves with the rounded back of a cabinet rasp, both gluing surfaces. The same cup is just evaporating and forming a gradually thicker gel, I’ve not added water, the water evaporates enough to get thick, then that’s my off the cuff glue thickness. Now if I can get the damn thing to glue up properly it might be interesting. Recurve tips deflexed handle violated growth rings, left the bamboo nodes on, it will look beaten and old before I even get a string on it. I’m dreading being forced to bind it, but like you say hide glue is very forgiving and you can reheat the glue and create time to bind or tie or add more clamps (or go out and buy more clamps while it sets up). Aaaanyway…thanks for the videos John
@@danielspain7231 That's an interesting thought, and it's spiffy how it happened on multiple continents. The one thing we know for sure is that people back in the day were clever.
Good advice there at the end, really all the way through.
@@MountaincraftOutdoors Thank you.
Strangely enough, I’ve just finished sizing a 36” primitive laminate hawthorn backed with bamboo - why I don’t know, totally experimental. So I am using a one off superb quality cooking version which is almost totally clear just a hint of straw, comes in scored sheets breaks like glass so I do it in a bag. Mixed 4 sheets into 300ml cup roughly, to a running consistency to size, it took 15-20 layers to finally achieve a full coating. It was degreased with surgical spirits (was just at hand) and I put minute grooves with the rounded back of a cabinet rasp, both gluing surfaces. The same cup is just evaporating and forming a gradually thicker gel, I’ve not added water, the water evaporates enough to get thick, then that’s my off the cuff glue thickness. Now if I can get the damn thing to glue up properly it might be interesting. Recurve tips deflexed handle violated growth rings, left the bamboo nodes on, it will look beaten and old before I even get a string on it. I’m dreading being forced to bind it, but like you say hide glue is very forgiving and you can reheat the glue and create time to bind or tie or add more clamps (or go out and buy more clamps while it sets up). Aaaanyway…thanks for the videos John
@@danielspain7231 Hey Daniel, That whole thing made me smile. What a great experiment and I wish you success with the bow. Thanks for that.
Thank you. Hope your day is very productive and peaceful
@@samfulks4896 I appreciate that Sam. I'm trying.
Hi John, I would love to know how the very first sinew backing was achieved and how the idea popped up
@@danielspain7231 That's an interesting thought, and it's spiffy how it happened on multiple continents. The one thing we know for sure is that people back in the day were clever.