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Hickory bow build.
PaSteve:
Just curious Dave. I'm assuming you would use fish bladder or hide glue for the horn belly? Also, how thick would the initial horn lam be and much draw weight do you think it will add? I have zero experience with horn. Just trying to learn.
superdav95:
Hey guys. I glued up the horn belly lam this afternoon. They are drying. I used ea 40 smooth on for this glue up. I’m hoping it will give a little more stability and be less susceptible to moisture using hide or sturgeon blend glue. I’ve had good results with both really. The sturgeon glue is quite a bit trickier to pull off and I wasn’t in the mood for today. The ea 40 is great glue for horn to wood. I just do a wipe down with acetone on both surfaces prior to glue up. It’s a gooey sticky mess but it works well. Here’s a couple pics of the mess of clamps and inner tube wrap. I made sure to pre heat bend the horn as much as I can so that the sinew isn’t fighting it. I do a quick dry run and then glued it up.
Hard to see what’s going on here with the mess of clamps but there is a bow in there. The stick at the bottom is to keep the tips aligned while drying.
I didn’t measure the slats but they are approx 1/8” thick and taper some towards the tips.
Thanks for following along
bjrogg:
The build along that keeps on giving.
I’m surprised you got the horn ready so fast Dave. I was expecting it to take weeks. I’m assuming you already had slats prepared? Or can you buy them that way?
We’re going to get a good education from this build.
Bjrogg
bentstick54:
Very interesting for sure.
George Tsoukalas:
Dave, you are very persistent. I hope it works out for you. Jawge
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