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hazel and horn
« on: April 08, 2010, 07:14:00 PM »
Hazel is abundant around here, and reportedly good in tension with less than stellar strength in compression.  Anybody tried adding a horn belly to this wood?  I think i'm gonna try it.
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Re: hazel and horn
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2010, 07:40:00 PM »
It should work out fine. I've never put horn on a bow belly but understand the principle.
  With heat treating(tempering) the belly you can increase the compression strength of hazel. It is a good candidate for tempering.
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Re: hazel and horn
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2010, 11:55:00 PM »
I really like the look of rainman's (i think!) horn-bellied osage bow, recently shown.  i will definitely heat temper the hazelnut wood.
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