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Horn and sinew plains bow

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ravenbeak:
very interesting..

i am curious,  does heating the horn side and deflexing the limbs slightly not re liquify the hide glue holding the sinew?

welch2:
Yes I think that's why it works .You can make a heated spot stiffer or weaker,in part ,by bending it in reflex or deflex . Then the glue resets .  I think James uses heat to tiller horn bows ,maybe he'll see this thread and respond . I know he can explain it way better than me.(he tried to explain it to me once ) I've only heated a couple limbs to weaken them a little. Heat and then flex repeatedly till it starts to cool .

Ralph

Hillbilly:
That's looking great, Ralph-very interesting.

welch2:
Thanks Steve .
I added a bit of sinew to both tips ,more to the horn tipped end ,which is now on the left of these pictures .











I'm not positive if I was pulling real even ,but it looks like the right side is weaker .I think I will make a string for it .Then check the tiller strung.

Ralph

Timo:
Dang thang looks stout to me Ralph!  And as for the weak limb....The limb on your left side looks weaker to me?

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