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What's even worse than breaking your bow?

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superdav95:
Yes that is definitely worse.  Amen to that.  I’ve had it happen to me in my first year building bows and someone over drew a bow past 29”.  I was pretty upset but then realized it’s my fault really as we sometimes get the idea that people will instinctively know to not do that somehow.  Anyway lesson learned for sure.  That bow was never the same in the end.  I don’t let people pull back my bows anymore unless they can demonstrate where they pull back to without the string while holding the bow and then measure it with a marked arrow.  I put measurements on a blank arrow and have them draw it back without the string.  I find too that people draw less length when actually shooting then just grabbing a bow and yanking the string back.  Also find that new shooters shoot over the hey bail the first shot or two so watch the angle of the arrow from the side and direct then to lower it.  Just a thought to help guys save some arrows:)

PaSteve:
Man, that really sucks. I totally agree with the above posts.....but, it really sounds like a flawed bow. You stated it happened about half draw so I doubt it was your fault although I'm sure you feel horrible. Lesson learned, Yes but he gets to build another and a hickory stave is  a great stave for a beginner imo. Maybe he'll be a little more careful (slow down and take his time) so he won't gouge the belly. At least he wants to build another bow....so that's a good thing.

WhistlingBadger:
Yeah, I didn't over draw it.  This guy is about my size, and I didn't have it to full draw when it blew.  I think the big lesson I learned is don't draw somebody else's bow until they've put several hundred arrows through it and I know it's sound.

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