Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: 4dog on February 23, 2014, 03:06:41 pm
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ive seen antler , horn, wood you name it...why no bone?
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You haven't looked hard enough...
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never mind...search wrked just fine!!! lol thanks Tim!
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Do they glue on with super glue or TB3?
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CA glue for me... on all my tips.
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Either glue should work.
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just goes to show...there are no stupid questions...someone else was wondering the same thing. lol
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I've used bone. Works just fine. used Loctite Professional Superglue.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,44798.0.html
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Thanks 4dog,
Also, does bone need time to dry at all or is it ready from get go?
That may be a stupid question :o
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They need to dry good and be cleaned with acetone of something like that,they have a lot of oil in them that will cause problems with the glue sticking if not dry and clean. :)
Pappy
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The stuff I used was "bone" dry. ...pun intended. :laugh: couldn't resist.
It had been sitting out in the sun for who knows how long when I found it...super dry. It cleaned up real good and was easy to work with.
To Pappy's point I would be concerned about the glue holding if it wasn't nice and dry. No suggestions on how to get there. here in AZ I would probably clean it up really well and set it out in the sun for a week or two....you could probably use a hot box too....just throwing out some ideas.
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Would coon pecker bone work? I seen a knife with ossik handle and it made me think of overlays.
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You can get bleached segments of bone from pet stores.
The Asiatic composite warbows from the past featured extensive use of bone plates in the grip and siyahs. You can see many examples online of excavated bone plates from grave sites.
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I don't get here often but when I do, I learn..been beatin my brain tryin to figure out how to fix/improve a osage bow I have,,I think bone will be a step in right direction! Thank you all!
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Would coon pecker bone work? I seen a knife with ossik handle and it made me think of overlays.
WTH!!!???? explanation pulleeezze!
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Haha was thinking the same thing XD ^^^
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Google Baculum.
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For gluing bone to wood, whether it is baccula bone or rib, use a piece of fresh cut garlic to prepare the surface for gluing. This is an old wood-working trick for gluing bone or oily woods.
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Thanks Carson,
You just wipe it down with fresh garlic and let it dry first and then glue it up is all?
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Bone? ...not much different from antler.
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Would coon pecker bone work? I seen a knife with ossik handle and it made me think of overlays.
That would have to be one well endowed coon or tips so skinny that they would even scare Blackhawk! Lol! Josh
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DuBois, once your ready to glue-up cut a a clove of garlic in half and wipe it across the gluing surfaces, then give it 20 mins or more to do its thing. Apparently the fresh garlic juice reacting with air etches the gluing surfaces and cuts any oil. I picked this trick up from a great book titled Hide Glue, historical and practical applications by Stephen Shepard.
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Good info Carson,thanks for sharing that. :) Never heard of it before. :)
Pappy
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Did it several times, for ex.: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,41177.0.html
I have cooked the bones (cow) for a soup. Then cooked a second time to get all the fat out. No problems til now, pretty much the same procedure as horn or antler.
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I have cooked the bones (cow) for a soup. Then cooked a second time to get all the fat out.
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Yes, and then I have them in the dish washer for 3 or 4 rounds.
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Would coon pecker bone work? I seen a knife with ossik handle and it made me think of overlays.
That would have to be one well endowed coon or tips so skinny that they would even scare Blackhawk! Lol! Josh
Ain't that the truth.....lol :laugh:
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Would coon pecker bone work? I seen a knife with ossik handle and it made me think of overlays.
That would have to be one well endowed coon or tips so skinny that they would even scare Blackhawk! Lol! Josh
Ain't that the truth.....lol :laugh:
Haaa ha ha!!!
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wondering if this is where the term..b***r comes from...anyone ,,anyone???....on a side note..this thread has taken a turn! lol
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wondering if this is where the term..b***r comes from...anyone ,,anyone???....on a side note..this thread has taken a turn! lol
...which way has it turned? Upward? Slightly to the left? Just trying to get a picture of what you mean here... :)
OneBow
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south unfortunately.. >:D...lol....so bone will make good bow tips...got it.
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You could get a good number of tip overlays if you could get your hands on a walrus bacculum >:D They can be 2-3 ft long. ;D
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saw a pic of a whales baculum...you could make a coupla weenie bows outta of it!!
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O BOY as Miss Joanie says,always goes there with men given enough time. ;) ;D ;D ;D On a side note I have a large piece of fossilized Walrus
P#($&* given to me at the Classic a few years back,been waiting on a special project, pretty good size for sure,must have had big feet. :-\ ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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That's a good one Pappy!!! :laugh: :laugh: And ...maybe a big nose...... :-\ :laugh: ;)
DBar