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Made a mistake and broke a string
Diligence:
....so, I was in a rush to drive 30 minutes to a different club so that I could shoot in the Friday night longbow group. Left my spare string at home. While on the way there, I realized that my serving was in pretty bad shape. So I strung the bow at a red light, and rolled some crazy glue through the spot that was falling apart.
Got the range and shot 3 arrows. Noted that the nocking point was a bit thick and hard because of the glue, so I just reached over to my leatherman and used the pliers to squeeze the serving with the glue on it. My idea was to soften it up a bit.....well - don't ever to that.
I must have twisted the pliers a bit and suddenly the string exploded - thank heaven my bow seems okay. Oh well, I got to drive across the city for an hour, just so I could make my wife unhappy (she wanted me to hang around, but I needed to get out) and all I got for my efforts was 3 arrows shot and a busted string.....so I stopped at Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Anyway, moral of the story appears to be - don't put super glue on your serving and then try to soften it up with pliers, while the bow is strung.
Later,
D
zenmonkeyman:
Are you sure the moral isn't "No matter what, stop at DQ"?
;D
Diligence:
LOL - I think the moral is that when wife says, "are you sure you want to go shoot tonight" - she really means, "may the curses of a thousand mummies infect your bow string!"
I told her the story and asked her why she was upset, her answer, "I wasn't upset"......which really means, "if you have to ask, then you will never understand".... :D ;D
In all seriousness, my wife is the most understanding woman I know. She lets me pick up parts of road-kill....and even acts as a spotter for it from time to time. ;D
Pat B:
Jaye, Like texting while driving it ought to be against the law to string a bow while driving! ;D
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: Diligence on June 26, 2010, 11:42:00 pm ---....so, I was in a rush to drive 30 minutes to a different club so that I could shoot in the Friday night longbow group. Left my spare string at home. While on the way there, I realized that my serving was in pretty bad shape. So I strung the bow at a red light, and rolled some crazy glue through the spot that was falling apart.
Got the range and shot 3 arrows. Noted that the nocking point was a bit thick and hard because of the glue, so I just reached over to my leatherman and used the pliers to squeeze the serving with the glue on it. My idea was to soften it up a bit.....well - don't ever to that.
I must have twisted the pliers a bit and suddenly the string exploded - thank heaven my bow seems okay. Oh well, I got to drive across the city for an hour, just so I could make my wife unhappy (she wanted me to hang around, but I needed to get out) and all I got for my efforts was 3 arrows shot and a busted string.....so I stopped at Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Anyway, moral of the story appears to be - don't put super glue on your serving and then try to soften it up with pliers, while the bow is strung.
Later,
D
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No no the moral is always carry spare ice cream! :P
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