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80" White Elm Warbow Build-along
Cameroo:
Thanks for the offer Daniel (do you prefer Dan?), but since Adam offered some, I'll save you the cost of shipping and go pay him a visit. I did some more excavating on these horns, and they're junk. Cracks all throughout, so I'll have to put the project on hold for the time being. I'm working on a proper jig to make an endless loop string. Can do some finish sanding too I suppose.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: Cameroo on February 22, 2014, 03:22:22 pm ---Thanks for the offer Daniel (do you prefer Dan?), but since Adam offered some, I'll save you the cost of shipping and go pay him a visit. I did some more excavating on these horns, and they're junk. Cracks all throughout, so I'll have to put the project on hold for the time being. I'm working on a proper jig to make an endless loop string. Can do some finish sanding too I suppose.
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Okee Dokey, offer still stands if you change your mind, I can drill them out for you if you want too. Dan or Daniel is fine, I actually go by my last name though (tidwell). I bought some horn like that before, that was all cracked up. I bought some too recently that was beautiful, but then after a few weeks it started to crack too on the ends. I think because it was freshly cut. Someone from highland horn told me you need to seal the ends of the horn when they are fresh with boiling wax and let the horn season for a year or so, and then they will be stable and not crack anymore.
adb:
Cam popped over to my shop this afternoon with the big elm warbow. It's impressive. Early draw weight is really high. Too much for me to draw and let down that's for sure. I got him some bits of solid horn for nocks, and I'm guessing we'll see it all prettied up very soon. Now we just need the winter to go away, so I can watch him shoot it!
Marc St Louis:
It's very nice. Elm though is not as elastic as Yew and you may see some chrysals start to develop in the outer limbs in time. That's why I prefer a more circular tiller with any white-wood
Cameroo:
I finally got the nocks shaped and just have to buff them up some. Just wanted to share a little fix I discovered. I got a little greedy filing the string grooves and exposed some wood. I the OCD side of me could not bare to look at it, so I did some excavation with a scalple to cut the really thin part out and then colored the wood with a black sharpie. I filled in the hole with a few layers of CA glue, and then cleaned it up with some fine sandpaper. It turned out pretty good, you can't even really see the patch unless you know it's there.
Picture after removing the really thin part:
And here it is after the sharpie/crazy glue treatment:
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