scutum covering again

[Matt Lukes]

I think I'll do a stress test on gluing wet and dry rawhide onto plywood. I'll get back in a few days with some kind of result, or no result, whatever.

I'm doing one right now with hide glue- dry rawhide glued to wood, wet rawhide glued to wood, tanned leather soaked in hide glue glued to wood. This morning the dry rawhide and leather are nice and dry and I'll subject them to some bending tests in a bit. The wet rawhide is still rubbery, so it'll probably be a couple of days before I know if it has adhered as well as the dry stuff...