Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Scottski on May 22, 2013, 07:32:41 pm
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Well started ANOTHER red oak board bow. Checking to make sure my bend was going ok then this happens!
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What's wrong with it?
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Can you see the crack or splinter? What should I do? Start another one?
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Glue the splinter down with super glue, wrap the cracked area with serving thread 1/2" past the crack on each end, soak the serving with super glue and proceed like you didn't have a crack.
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What about tillering it out?
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Oak....oak...schmoakkkk...... ??? ??? I have broke a few Oak. I would rather use white oak than red. Any way get yourself a nice maple board I have found it to be much more forgiving and easier to tiller than Oak. :P
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You could also round the corners off the back a bit more than you already have so stress isn't concentratrated as much.
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You could also round the corners off the back a bit more than you already have so stress isn't concentratrated as much.
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If you don't have the bow tillered I would put a short temporary wrap about a inch long just over the end of the splinter, scrape up to your wrap . You will have a slightly stiff spot in your limb at the point of the crack. When you finish tillering the bow and shooting it in, remove the temporary wrap, give the area a few scrapes to blend the area to be about the same as the rest of the limb, don't flex the bow until you have the permanent wrap in place.
Of course the easiest fix would be to cut the bad limb off and splice a new limb on in the handle.
The above is a save on what would be a trashed bow. I have done some saves on bows that you wouldn't think had a chance, like this one, house fire, building structure fallen on bow breaking it from the bamboo back, through the limb and out the belly. Not too pretty but it shoots good after a dose of Urac and a bunch of sinew. You can fix seemingly impossible things with Urac, amazing stuff.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/stevessbow2.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/bow%20making/stevessbow2.jpg.html)
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Burn it!!!! And get some real wood....OSAGE!!!!!! >:D
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Burn it!!!! And get some real wood....OSAGE!!!!!! >:D
Yesssssss.
Bow to the King.
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If I could get my hands on some good osage that exactly what I would do! Getting frustrated at this red oak.
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As already noted ,round all the edges really well before tillering!maybe try to sand out the splinter and see what you have to work with.if it runs deep you could narrow the profile to get rid of it and start over. Also you could apply a red oak backing strip but I would heat treat the belly prior to glue up.just a couple of different ideas!good luck and have fun.
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As already mentioned, wrap spot and round all yer edges. Then prepare for it to break anyways. When you pay for a stave and it breaks, you paid for some valuable experience! I wrap with fake sinew or b-50... since I'll be taking it off after tillering, the fix-it wrap doesn't need to be primitive.
Michael
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Thanks for the tips guys.