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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
I put on another layer of sinew yesterday. I'm not sure if it really needed it or whether I'm just too chicken to start bracing it ;D. I put 84 grains on each limb. It now has a smooth layer of continuous fibers. With the existing sinew being 90% cured how long do you think I have to wait for this to cure? The full 3 months again?
Russ:
How would you even brace something like that!!!!
DC:
Now you know why I'm chicken. I can use either a peg board or I'm thinkin I'll modify a broken 3" sgueeze clamp(like the Irwin Quick grip) I've got.
WhistlingBadger:
Wow, quite a project! I have no intention of ever building one of these, but it's fascinating reading. Hope it works for you!
T
bownarra:
2 weeks is plenty and yes it was necessary. As I said before broken fibers, ends of fibers in the sal will lift.
Peg board is the way to go. It allows you to work under full control,no danger and it is good for the bow.
Whilst they seem daunting to begin with....that is the wooden bowyer in you! Don't worry, be happy and just do it haha! It either makes it or it doesn't and that is mostly already decided by your previous work. Hence why every step is very important to get right. The final working bow is simply many,many relatively simple steps one on top of the other that add up to the whole.
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