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First attempt build a long !
Stick Bender:
Yep your right after working with these horns you see why the elders did what they did concave/convex etc & also see why the Magyar bows are popular with the shorter horn I'm attempting a longer one like Ed's bow on this one @ 30 in draw maple core !
Stick Bender:
Im prepping the exstention horn this morning and was wondering for you guys that have done this before , how many times can you reheat horn with dry heat before making it brittle I make sure Im not exceeding 209 Deg F ? Im not trying to get it perfectly flat just enough to run on the belt sander to get one surface flat ?
Stick Bender:
Im just trying to pass a long what Im doing as I stumble my way threw the process I always liked it when I was trying to learn something and somebody would post pics so my way might not be the right way, but on a raw horn strip where one side is concave I used the belt sander and fingers to feel the flatness on this hornstrip I dont have a lot of thickness so Im being real carefull not to get to thin but as you can see by the second pic after its off the belt sander even though its hard to feel ,the horn is still a little concave so I did the final flat side finish with a sharp scraper Im glad that I made the quick release jig it really speeds things up because you can quickly change positions for scrapping & eye balling your peace ,this horn strip was just a spare any way because of the laterale bend on the end so it was a good canadate for the exstention and it was also thin !
Stick Bender:
Still concave
Stick Bender:
Flat side ready for the drum sander
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