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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerATC" data-source="post: 2722529" data-attributes="member: 9576"><p>I am by no means a "handy" man...but here it is so far. This is about 10-12 hours worth of work so far...mainly about 2-3 hours after I got home from work over the past week. Looking forward to tomorrow when I can really put some quality time into it. </p><p></p><p>The hardest part so far has been trying to find a way to bring in the bow without snapping the sides. I read that soaking the wood actually makes it more pliable and less likely to break, so I was planning on hosing it down for 20-30 minutes this afternoon. Thankfully, mother nature decided to throw me a bone and took care of that for me today! I still didn't have a good way of bringing it in, though. After kicking around a few ideas, I decided to drill a few holes in the sides of the bow and run a nylon cord through it like a shoestring, then simply pull it tight (that's the red stuff in the picture). It worked like a charm. Once I pulled it tight, I used some small gauge copper wire to tie it into place about every 4-5" vertically. You can barely see those in the picture. </p><p></p><p>Next step is to cut out the bottom from another sheet of plywood, use the copper wire to tie it to the sides and then epoxy and fiberglass the seams. Anyone who has done fiberglassing before, please chime in. This is all new to me and I don't want to mess it up.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]46545[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerATC, post: 2722529, member: 9576"] I am by no means a "handy" man...but here it is so far. This is about 10-12 hours worth of work so far...mainly about 2-3 hours after I got home from work over the past week. Looking forward to tomorrow when I can really put some quality time into it. The hardest part so far has been trying to find a way to bring in the bow without snapping the sides. I read that soaking the wood actually makes it more pliable and less likely to break, so I was planning on hosing it down for 20-30 minutes this afternoon. Thankfully, mother nature decided to throw me a bone and took care of that for me today! I still didn't have a good way of bringing it in, though. After kicking around a few ideas, I decided to drill a few holes in the sides of the bow and run a nylon cord through it like a shoestring, then simply pull it tight (that's the red stuff in the picture). It worked like a charm. Once I pulled it tight, I used some small gauge copper wire to tie it into place about every 4-5" vertically. You can barely see those in the picture. Next step is to cut out the bottom from another sheet of plywood, use the copper wire to tie it to the sides and then epoxy and fiberglass the seams. Anyone who has done fiberglassing before, please chime in. This is all new to me and I don't want to mess it up. [ATTACH=CONFIG]46545[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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