MAINTENANCE
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MAINTENANCE CLASS
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CLASSES
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1 - Check up
How to inspect a bow?
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2 - Bowmaking tools
What tools and products do you need for maintenance? Where to find them?
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3 - Bow parts and maintenance vocabulary
Learn bowmaking vocabulary and talk about your bow like a pro!
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4 - Take apart your first bow
Learn how to undo a bow, piece by piece, without any damage.
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5 - Cleaning & Polishing
Preserve the beauty and integrity of your bows!
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6 - Reassemble your bow
Learn how to assemble a bow step by step as you replace the hair. This is a delicate procedure as every part of the bow is fragile
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7 - Leather
Change a leather in the traditional way
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8 - Nose
Fix the nose of a bow and and protect the stick
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9 - Tip
Replace the tip of the bow
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10 - Varnish
Varnish a bow.
From making your own varnish to each steps of the varnishing process.
#Varnish recipe
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11 - Pearl eye
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12 - Pearlslide
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13 - Lapping
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14 - Screw/eyelet
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15 - Frog maintenance
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16 - Rehair 1
After undoing a bow and cleaning it, it’s time to start the first step of the rehair : wedges
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17 - Rehair 2
Learn how to attach the hair : knots
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18 - Rehair 3
Final step is a meticulous work ! Learn how to pose the hair on the bow
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19 - Recamber
Learn to recamber a bow
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20 - Straighten