Wednesday 14 October 2020

A bit more on the Horn Bow

 I've been rather busy making a cot for my win granddaughters, they are getting a bit big for sharing the first one I built. I had a quick look at the horn bow, and the last correction I did to help remove the sideways bend/twist seemed to be a partial success. The string was still pulling over a bit, but not as bad, however that limb was now looking weak as some of the sinew was lifting. I did some more correction with hot water and dry heat from the hot air gun with bow clamped up, this seems to have worked, but I also need to add more sinew to that limb, which I'll probably do with it clamped up in position to help prevent the sinew pulling any bend or twist back, or the heat of the glue and sinew causing the correction to relax out.
The sinew work will require considerable time to dry out (months) so I'll get back to some other bow making once that's done.
I did a video to show the progress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453CvcK99o8

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