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welch2:
Today I put the first horn strip on. I got both core and horn sized with a good coat of glue .Then I mixed up some new glue 50/50 hide glue ,fish bladder glue. Got the kitchen good and warm and also started a tea pot boiling. I softened the glue on the core over the tea pot ,and added a coat of the new glue .Then I did the same to the horn.

Next I placed the 2 together ,and start wrapping them tight with a rope , as I walked the rope up the limb ,I put the next section over the steam to soften it. Wrap - Steam ,,Wrap - Steam. Paying extra attention to the added handle junction.

Sorry for the steamy lens ,in this photo.



I went over the thing a time or two checking steaming tying



Then when I was happy with it ,it went outside to be tied into reflex against a front porch post.







It was a hot and sticky process , fun too.

Ralph

welch2:
I glued the first horn strip on Friday ,It is Sunday now.It rained last night and this morning , I was afraid the glue would not dry .It was tacky early this morning. But around noon I checked again and the glue that had oozed out was very hard . So I untied it ,and trimmed the edges .I also roughed in the thickness a bit. Here it is now .





Now on to the other limb's horn strip.

Ralph

radius:
Dude, you are patient and very cool.   Like the way you reflexed against the pillar.  Do you think, since this next go around the top limb is thicker, that one limb might be reflexed more than the other?  Or have you thought of that and already made allowances for it?

welch2:
Radius ,I tried to allow for that ,and the fact that this limb is reflexed now .Where as the limb I pulled against to reflex it wasn't.  I will use the extra space ,between the limb and the post ,  in the pictures above, to try to get the reflex as even in the two limbs as possible.  I have the photos as a reference ,should help some.


Ralph

welch2:
Here is the second horn ,put on the same way as the first . I keep trying to take pictures ,but glue and steam are playing havoc with the cameras. I did get one ok picture of softening the glue on the core this time.



Here it is all tied up in reflex







I hope I'm not going to far overboard with the pictures.

Ralph

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