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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
Glued the second horn strip this morning. It was little more stressful than the first. The pressure strip added to my clumsiness and I got the grooves misaligned. The second time I did the first fit with a couple of clamps without the pressure strip to make sure the grooves hooked up. Then I clamped on the pressure strip on removing the first clamps as I went by. It started to gel as I was double checking all the clamps. Now it's wait for another month. Adam says I can fit the celik while it's drying. Can I do any other portion of the shaping?
bownarra:
The trick is to wrap the horn onto the limb with thin, like a single strand of bowstring thin, cord. Use quick clamps initially to hold it in place, then wrap with the thin cord, remove quick clamps, fit proper clamps.
No its best to leave it for that long for the collagen bonds to form properly. I normally strip the sinew now. Go as fine as you dare and prepare 100 grammes.
DC:
Thanks for the cord tip.
268 grams of elk leg sinew almost ready to go. Well, some of the 268 is bag.
DC:
Now I wait another month ::) ::)
Russ:
ugh the anticipation almost killed me the last time! well ill work on my hackberry bow if we have to wait.
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