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Jakesnyder:
How much heat can horn take? When do you know if horn has had too much heat?
Stick Bender:
I can only speake to dry heat , I know some use boiling water or I have seen oil used to, I'm assuming your talking for straitening the horn when horn gets thinner it bends fairly easy with minimal amounts of heat, In the pics when straitening I used a laser thermometer and never broke 110 F but used less where needed for very short periods of time it bends easy and little heat is needed I also at times wrapped the horn strips in a electric blanket before heating and bending one of the techniques in Adams book , to much heat and you can ruin the horn compretion qualitys !
Stick Bender:
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Jakesnyder:
Would it be better to double up my gemsbok lams to make around 1/4" thick lams or add a hickory core to my 1/8" lams?
BowEd:
1/8" thick horn can give you a 50 60 pound bow with enough sinew of 1/8" finished thickness or more and a wood core of 1/4" thick midlimb.1/8" finished thickness horn midlimb is enough to do well in compression work on that.With a starting width of 1 and 3/8" wide at the fades starting width.
I think bubby on here made a very nice looking NA style bow something like your talking about.
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