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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
The horn is just roughed out now. I have to run it through the thickness sander to get rid of those little dips and then scrape it smooth. Long way to go yet. I'm kind of thinking I would put the horn on at 1/8-3/16" thick. I cut my laths and grip today. I'm going with 3 piece, grip and limbs as long as I don't mess up the limbs bending them. Limbs are Douglas Maple and the grip is Ocean Spray. Kind of a western Eastern bow. Here's some pictures of the pieces and my mock up. I used the limb of a Plum bow I'm making for the mock up. Did you find that the info was kind of shotgunned around that book?
Mafort:
I wouldn’t know to be honest. I’ve never read it.
DC:
--- Quote from: Mafort on June 30, 2019, 04:02:16 pm --- I’d read that book and re read it to soak in all the information on it
--- End quote ---
Which book was this?
DC:
Here's a picture of the caul I'm planning to bend my limbs around. I'll do a couple of test bends to see if I like the shape. I can do that while I'm waiting for the limbs to soak for a week!! That seems like a long soak but I guess it can't hurt. I've only got the two perfect? limb laths. No sense taking a chance.
Mafort:
Yea that’s true and I was talking about the book or you mentioned earlier. To be honest I’m kinda winging this. I read the past posts as far back as I could on the horn bows section and I learned a lot of information about it
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