I know I said i was going to wait til Sun. to get back to the bow, but I did some work this morning. I got a call from a friend at the lake and the water was white caping so we will be headed out in a couple of hours. Also, haveing a bow in the oven is like being a kid on Christmas morning. You have to rush out to see if everything worked the way you planned. Here is what I did this last 45 min.

I pulled the bow out of the oven and unwraped, and started pilling off tape. The tape removal is not the funnest thing to do, but believe me, if you dont tape the bow up you will spend all day cleaning up the wood and boo. It took me about 45 min. to pull the tape off and clean up the bow to where its ready for the next step.





Remember that worm hole I had to fill. Here it is with no sanding or cleaning. I dont think ill have to worry about that hole anymore. Two reasons Im going to forget about it; One, it is in the fade and filled well. Two, If it does experience any force, it will be compression, which the type of filler I made will handle very easily. The whole is on the top side of these pics, towards the right, Just left of my last fadeout line. Doesnt look bad, if I say so myself.





Now for the reflex. I lost just a bit more reflex than I wanted. I ended up with about 1/8" beyond my 1 1/2" goal. Not bad. If im real careful during tillering, I might just end up with the 1 1/2" to 1 1/4". Id be happy with either.



One last thing Id like to show here, its the glue lines. Like I said earlier, inner tubs give me the best, and most even glue lines of any method ive tried. Look close at this glue line, dont she look perty.



Well, heck,the pic I took to show the glue line came out blurry, but if you look at the pic where im showing reflex, you can see it.




Now time to go to the big shop and pick up the boat and head to the lake. Ill be back to work on Mon.. I just got a call from the inlaws and they want to keep the kids all next week, so Sun. the wife and I are going to go paint the town.