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Offline Marc St Louis

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« on: March 28, 2015, 09:47:03 am »
Sometimes they just go boom

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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Boom
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 10:00:15 am »
Is it weird that it feels reassuring that even Marc St. Louis breaks bows every now and then?  ???
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Boom
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2015, 10:03:06 am »
Yes, they do! Jawge
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Boom
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2015, 10:46:02 am »
I know that feeling. Delamination between the sapwood and core Marc?
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Offline Badger

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Re: Boom
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2015, 10:49:26 am »
  Was that yew Mark?
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Boom
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2015, 10:50:16 am »
Darksoul, i agree. No disrespect to u Marc😃
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Re: Boom
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2015, 11:40:04 am »
Did pearly send you that pic and you posted it for him? I think your covering for him,cus we all know you don't break bows,and we all know "who"on here does  :laugh:
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Boom
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2015, 03:38:15 pm »
at least it wasnt just a crack,, pretty authoritative   
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Re: Boom
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2015, 03:43:43 pm »
Yes it was a Yew warbow I was working on, I say warbow but it was only going to be 80#.  It took me a day to find all the pieces, there may still be some small pieces kicking around.  I had it tillered to 26 and when I took it to 28 she let go.  It had hardly lost any of the reflex it had started out with.  Could be my shop was too dry

Definitely not delam. 
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Boom
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2015, 04:41:31 pm »
Yup I recognise that...
But it's a very good quality break >:D
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: Boom
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2015, 05:57:16 pm »
Yep, too dry. Been there with yew  :(
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Re: Boom
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2015, 06:01:19 pm »
there goes another one...   :(
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Offline Badger

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Re: Boom
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2015, 07:28:48 pm »
  I have broken a lot of yew bows when they dried out.
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Re: Boom
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2015, 07:41:39 pm »
Soooooo what your saying is osage truly is King? Yah, I get it now...;)
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Re: Boom
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2015, 08:58:45 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 28, 2015, 07:41:39 pm
Soooooo what your saying is osage truly is King? Yah, I get it now...;)

They are all Kings in their own right
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