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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
More. The pictures make the sinew look lumpier. I put on about 60 grams of sinew. I wish I'd written it down because now I'm starting to get confused about what I did. I'm pretty sure I did 25 grams on each limb and 10 on the grip. I know I got it even but I'm just not sure how I got there. Stupid old fart. When it dries some the thickness will tell me.
DC:
And here it is all gelled and reflexed some. The left limb is stiffer, darn. I just looked at the thickness measurements and where it's stiffer it's about .3 of a mm thicker. Thought I was close enough, should have done a test bend. Fussy thing. now i have a month off, maybe.
Russ:
are you able to fix that?
DC:
I don't know whether I can do anything now, maybe someone will chime in. I think there is a little tillering I can do when it's dry. I just read a bit in Adam's book and it sounds like this is normal to have small imbalances once it's dry. Whether or not it should happen at this point is not mentioned.
I'm wondering if I should put a little pressure on the stiff limb now.
sleek:
Maybe as it's not reflexing as much, it will balance out when drawn. As the thinner limb comes around more just to make brace, the extra energy in the weaker limb may pull the stiffer limb back, continuing all the way to full draw until it's got a balanced full draw profile. I know I have read lots where heat is used to balance the limbs out on occasion as well. You may also get away with laying a little extra sinew on the weaker limb to strengthen it?
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