Gluing horn with wood turkish hornbow

kamil2910 · Post by **kamil2910** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:22 pm

hei
I make core wood for turkish bow,and i have horn for gluing
already done the grooves, but do not know how I glue,
I have a fish glue in flakes, what What should be the concentration of glue, the number of layers and layers of drying time

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:35 pm

Kamil,
only use the fish glue if it is made from fish bladders. Do not try using fish glue made from fish leftovers... When in doubt, use good quality hide glue.
But avoid bone glue.
I don't remember the best concentration of water/glue for the initial coatings, and can't look it up right now, unfortunately.
However, the parts should be thoroughly warmed and then covered 10-20 times with thinned-down glue until they begin to glisten everywhere.
Then apply thick glue and begin pressing the parts together.
It is very well described in Adam Karpowicz's book, but I gather it would be a bit late for you to order it now...
Powodzenia,
Jarek

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:56 pm

btw, I do not have much experience and stand to be corrected by those who have. I have written the post above because I had the impression that time was of the essence regarding an answer to your questions.

kamil2910 · Post by **kamil2910** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:01 pm

I wanted to use just glue fish from the remaining fish, I have a hide glue but I think I will be better jakości.kt?ry poor,that is, the adhesive layer should be so thin that the time interval between

kamil2910 · Post by **kamil2910** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:03 pm

thanks for the reply I'll wait for oder reply

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:14 pm

this is how korean master bowyer Woo Joung Kwong does it..