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Offline Agbowyer

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Re: hickory lam. bow /raised @ the handle
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2007, 03:18:36 PM »
Quote from: Pat B on March 11, 2007, 09:14:01 AM
Hickory heartwood seem to be a bit more brittle than the sapwood. I haven't used much heardwood  so this is what I have heard and not from experience.   Pat

This has been my experience as well, but I have heard other people say different. I tried making two bows with hickory heartwood, and both snapped. Never had a problem with hickory sapwood.
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Offline Minuteman

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« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2007, 07:04:00 PM »
Thanks Ag, but its all sapwood. just havin a run of bad breaks lately. Learnin' to laminate isn't as easy as I thought.
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Offline Agbowyer

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« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2007, 11:36:59 PM »
Chris you hang in there. Its been said a hundred times on here by guys who've been making bows a long time (like Pat's 200+ years) that if you aint breakin you aint makin. I've got a corner of shame just like Pappy and most others. Study the area that's a problem and see if there's not a nick or knot or swirl or something that caused it. Even if you don't find the problem, chalk it up to experience and start over. You'll be fine.... Chris
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« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2007, 11:44:33 PM »
        "damm, Pat's 200+ years"....then again if you saddle and ride "meglasaurus" :D........bob
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Offline Minuteman

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« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2007, 05:47:05 AM »
Ya'll leave Pat alone! >:(
 He;s helped me out a bunch on this laminatin' business. ;D
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Offline Agbowyer

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« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2007, 10:19:53 AM »
Maybe that's the problem ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Offline Minuteman

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« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2007, 07:05:11 PM »
HEY , wait a minute!
    PAT!!! :o :o :o :o
 :D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: hickory lam. bow /raised @ the handle
« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2007, 10:06:57 PM »
Sheesh!!! I don't get no respect! :'(   Pat(the sensitive one) d:^)
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Offline Minuteman

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Re: hickory lam. bow /raised @ the handle
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2007, 08:04:52 AM »
Yer alright in my book, Pat. The bow seems to have settled down some . Couldn't find any spots where it was lifting up and splinters or any thing soI'm gonna check it over good and put it back on the tree this evening. Scratch that I left it on the porch last night and it rained so its going back in the hot box for a while then I'll break it, uh I mean tiller it out the rest of the way. :P
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« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2007, 08:13:31 AM »
I bet that little tick your hearing is coming from the handle at the fades, putting the power lam on the belly side doesn't do any good, and it may eventually pop off as the bow bends into the fades. I'd like to be an opptimist, but I've had my share of em pop off. Keep after it Chris, I know you got it in ya.
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Re: hickory lam. bow /raised @ the handle
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2007, 10:49:20 AM »
Doggone it Dano you are astounding lemme tell ya! My brother came over and I bent that bow a little floor tiller style and heard another tik. Looked it over and it had tossed up a splinter right at the fades.Looking at the time of your post ,you made the call before it happened.
 Dano the Psychic Bowyer!!
 Better than being the psychotic bowyer. :D
 Yeah I needed to do the handle section right and put the power lam under the backing but that was only part of the problem . I was trying out a real abrupt flare style that called for a quick transition from the handle to the full limb width and didn't leave enough wood depth in the handle to keep it from bending. I could feel the handle bending so I knew it was gonna pop off eventually.
  Thanks guys I'll keep after it and see what all I can learn.
 Chris
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