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Straightening horn?
DC:
Are you trying to flatten the strips or bend them sideways? I have no experience with horn but I just ordered some and I'm trying to learn stuff now. I think I read somewhere that it's tough to bend the strips sideways. Is this true? Hope you don't mind me piggy backing on your thread.
Aaron H:
You don't ever want to try to take side bend or twist out of horn, because it will always return to its original shape, even after glueing to your core, which will inevitably end with a twisted bow....not good.
Mafort:
--- Quote from: DC on June 21, 2019, 08:31:48 am ---Are you trying to flatten the strips or bend them sideways? I have no experience with horn but I just ordered some and I'm trying to learn stuff now. I think I read somewhere that it's tough to bend the strips sideways. Is this true? Hope you don't mind me piggy backing on your thread.
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By all means ask away. As I understand it you never want to bend your horn sideways or you can break it, twist it, or deform your core and end up with a broken bow. The best thing I did was use heat over a stove top to heat up the strips and tighten them to the board. Finished another session about 40 minutes ago and they are going to stay tied to the board until the morning. Soak them overnight really helped. They bent way easier and as far as I can tell there’s no cracks or holes or anything happening anywhere.
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