New Ottoman Puta bow

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Post by scemdonmez » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:27 pm

Jiao,

The lines on snew you saw is wooden core grooving lines. After last layer it is not very tansparent.

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Post by jiao » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:01 am

http://atarn.net/phpBB2/files/12_152.jpg
http://atarn.net/phpBB2/files/6_813.jpg
form pics there are some broadwise/infeed lines perpendicular wooden core grooving lines
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Post by scemdonmez » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:41 pm

Sorry, these are glue cracks. I glued the core with thick glue after last layer.

This is another bow with glue cracks.

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Post by scemdonmez » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:46 pm

Jiao,

Another glue cracks.

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Post by M Hardman » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:33 pm

Every time I have made a sinew back, I get those cracks in the glue. Are they a bad sign in a bow?

Are they unavoidable? I'm too scared to thin my glue down any further!
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Post by scemdonmez » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:18 am

Mike
İt is unvoidable but do not worry about it .
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