How to Back a Red Oak Longbow. Part 4 of Red Oak Bow Build Along.

This is the forth installment on how to make a red oak longbow.  In this video I show you a few more preparation cuts, and talk about bow backing materials.  I also show you two different methods of backing a bow which include using cotton material or fiber glassing. 

You can use a four way rasp/file for cutting or a band saw or jig saw. 

For fiber glassing you need a 72 inch long strip of fiber glass and G flex epoxy resin.  This is the only flexible resin I know of and it is necessary to use flexible epoxy.

For using cotton I recommend strong cotton material such as strips of Army camo clothing sewn together to make one long strip.  If the cotton is more of a material similar to bet sheet material it will not do much good.