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My horn bow build-a-long

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Mafort:
Might try a campfire with that and put the coals around it. Be carful not to melt itvthough

DC:
It's galvanised steel, it won't melt. The corner solder joints are the weak point but as long as its full of water it should be fine.

DC:
The test laths have been soaking for 4 days so I'm giving it a try. I'm going to boil them for an hour and see what happens. I have backing strips clamped on and I'm boiling everything together. It's 30" from the kitchen stove to the shop and the door is open. I've got the caul all set up with clamps open and wedges ready. We'll see if I forgot anything in an hour :D

DC:
It went better than I expected. the test laths had a couple of small knot and I expected trouble from them. But everything is bent and clamped up and looks good. can't see any splinters. First one took less than 2 min from out of the hot water and all clamped up. I had trouble with one clamp so the second one took 2 1/2 min. I can see where the caul needs a little mod. More on that later. So now they have to dry on the caul for a week. That will give the real laths time to soak.

DC:
Caul mods.  You can see just to the right of the two sharp bends that the wood didn't go right down tight to the caul. I'm thinking that's because the clamp is too close to the bend. If I cut on the black lines, next time I'll be able to move the clamp to a better position. I may have to beef up that area.

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