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mullet:
Got a chance to work on it some more this weekend. The wife was laid up and I stayed home to give her a hand and help out with the Granddaughter.
I decided to get a little more bend out of the tips. This bow was screaming to be a static. So I bent them a little more with dry heat, scraped some more wood off and then started boiling some cow horn. ;)
I boiled the cow horn strips untill they were soft and rubbery, then threw them in my vice to flatten them. After they cooled I sanded them till they would bend, glued, and clamped them down.
I then sanded them down some more on the belt sander and worked them with a little rasp. I also started to reduce the Mass of the Tips. I'm going to take this bow to about 80% of the weight I'm looking for and then sinew it. Also, the more I work on it I think I'm going to make that nasty knot disappear.
cracker:
It looks really good Eddie can I have it when you're done?Ron :laugh:
mullet:
Thanks, Ronnie. It might be a liitle short for you.
Elktracker:
Looking good! I know its not to short for me >:D
Josh
_Jon_:
Now that's gonna be a really nice bow when your done buddy! I'm impressed!
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