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240's sheep horn bow build with Tom Lucas
hoosierf:
Cool, cool, cool!
burchett.donald:
Enjoying this build...Out of my league, but learning... (-P
Don
Parnell:
Great thread.
Redhand:
Great progress 240!
These bows take a lot of time to build.
NorthHeart:
Thanks for the comments guys. I'm glad y'all are getting as much out of this thread as i am by making it. :)
Now comes the first part that has really given me some grief, getting the splices right so that each limb mates up properly to the other. Not to make anyone shy away from this, and if your experienced with splices this might not be anything new to you. Both limbs should butt up flat against one another, but i went a bit too deep on one horn making it convex as opposed to flat. It was then that i heard the dreaded words of Tom Lucas..."oh my"...followed up by the worse yet "my, my, my" and its at this point that one realizes they have wandered far astray from the path. Luckily for me there was enough material so that my mistake was fixable by the master. Yes, again i am humbled.
Note-i am not sure how else to explain this, but you will be working down one angle of your splice on the "belly side" of one limb and on the "back side" of the other. Remember, your inside of the horn is the back of the bow which will be covered with sinew. The outside part of the horn is the belly. Always keep this in the back of your mind, as its easy to get confused as your building your bow.
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