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My horn bow build-a-long
JNystrom:
Before sinewing, wood and horn only.
DC:
OK that makes more sense. I was thinking you just meant wood only. Happy now ;D ;D
DC:
More shaping today. I finally had to bite the bullet and settle on the thickness. It was a tough decision. With input from bownarra, JNystrom, The Book and a couple of threads from the German website "Fletchers Corner" (Thanks Simk)I was able to make a WAG and fly at it. The Readers Digest version is that the thinnest part in the eye will be/is 7.8mm and thickens toward the handle. I have no idea what draw weight I will get but it's looking like 40-45#. I'm in the process of joining the Fletchers Corner. I don't speak German so I'm getting Deepl(a translation program) and will run all my communication through that. There's at least a half dozen guys making horn bows there. As far as reading the forum the Windows translator works quite well and I've only had a couple of times in hours of reading where I've been stumped. I'm not sure how it will work with a two way conversation.
DC:
Here's a picture with a tape. I took 6 pictures and this is the clearest(old shakey hands). Harsh criticism of every detail please :D I'm thinking it might be a little thick in the 5-15 cm range.
gorazd:
I think you should thin down the sal area between 10cm point (from centre of the bow) and first nut..... and make the SAME thickness at least 15-20cm long to achieve nice bending of the limb.
And maybe thin down the area between first and second nut too...
I used the caliper ruler - and marked the points - and achieved 0,1mm accuracy when sanding the wood.
Sanding the wood:
I used the 100 grit sand paper on the small sanding block .... for best accuracy.
Of course .... before sinew job I roughed the wood with piece of old saw blade.
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