Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Hillbilly on May 18, 2008, 07:55:53 pm
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Pat, dammit, you jinxed me >:( :) First one I've popped in awhile, but this one hurts. What really sucks is that I haven't had hardly any time to work on bows lately, so I've been working on this one slowly for the last six months or so, and it was shaping up to be a perfect bow. Had it tillered out to 21"- tiller was looking great, weight was perfect, holding 2 1/2" of reflex, then pow!-sounded like a shotgun going off. Oh well, back to the old drawing board.
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That sucks. Lots of breaks latley, Everyone stop working on bows for a bit. Hopefully not injury's along w/ the breaks.
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Ouch. Im sorry about that. The look on your face says it all. >:(
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what a funny face!
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Rick, no blood-thanks to Jawge's sermons about the rope and pulley. :) Radius, unfortunately, my face normally looks pretty much like that. ;D
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back too the drawing board!!..glad you didnt get hurt!!..snake
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I feel your pain, looks like it broke quite a ways out on the limb. Steve
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That's actually the first piece of osage that I've ever broken. I think what happened was that I didn't give it enough time to rehydrate after I flipped the tips up on it (dry heat). Lesson learned, anyway.
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Man, I hate that for you! If you don't ever break one, means you're not making any. Can you find anything on the break that might tell why it broke?
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Wow, that looks like it was pretty good, too! :'(
Sean
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We won't even mention the nice built-up walnut, birds-eye maple, and yellowwood handle riser. ;D
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Dang it ! I hate when that hapens..... :(
Was it pretty thin ringed Osage? I use dry heat all the time on it and work on it as soon as it cools and never had that happen.
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Ryan, it had great rings and earlywood/latewood ratio, actually. I've gotten away with it in the past, too, but I can't see any other obvious reason why it broke, so in the futeure I believe I'll let 'em sit a couple days after heating before I string it again.
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Wow, that really blows! ::) Was that one of the "Friendship Bows"?
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Man, that's one sad face ;D. Too bad that end broke off - I've yet to experience that. I'm gonna lay off on bows for awhile, some bad mojo goin on here lately - yeah right ;D.
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man thats too bad i know just ho you feel. :'(
maybe we can start another support group ;D
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:o You gonna be a little scared pulling the next one back the first time? Cut off the built up handle and glue it on the next one.
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Don't feel bad Steve. I went out to the garage after reading this and snaped the limb clean off that boo backed erc I was working on.....the plug I glued it came loose and kapow! Oh, well it was just a stick with some grass on the back.......I have more.
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All is not lost my friend. Whittle that sucker down and make a kid happy. It'll make you feel better ;) Saw Filer
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man this is getting scary. sorry about the bow, hillbilly. same goes for pat and ryan. makes you wonder if it's karma. everybody who's been to the classic, must pay a price for the good time they had, to bring the universe back to an equilibrium ;D
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Your disappointed face says it all, my picture would have showed my mouth forming a nasty word! you're a stronger man than I am.
too bad she popped
VB
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Yeah! I said some nasty thinge when I broke my 15" point I was just finnishing up. Perfect blade and end snapped it!!! I know better and I did it! >:(
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ooh, it's touchy to see a taugh guy in tears... ;D ;D ;D
frank
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Well, at least I finally learned that osage acually isn't indestructable.... ;D I've gotten away with some screwy stuff on yaller wood before, so I guess I was due one. Like Ryan said, it's a stick (well, two sticks :) ) Not the first broken one and sure won't be the last. Shannon, if there's enough of it left, that's the plan-I have a six-year-old nephew who likes projectiles. :) Marius, maybe you've figured it out......hmmmm....Eddie, no, thankfully not a community bow-it would suck worse breaking somebody else's. This was a little rocket launcher I was trying to get done in time to impale some piggies with it next month.
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Pat, dammit, you jinxed me >:( :) First one I've popped in awhile, but this one hurts. What really sucks is that I haven't had hardly any time to work on bows lately, so I've been working on this one slowly for the last six months or so, and it was shaping up to be a perfect bow. Had it tillered out to 21"- tiller was looking great, weight was perfect, holding 2 1/2" of reflex, then pow!-sounded like a shotgun going off. Oh well, back to the old drawing board.
I don't think it's supposed to look like that.
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Hate it when that happens,but we have all been there.Sorry tho,back to the drawing board. :'(
Pappy
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It happens, Hillbilly. I just had a hickory bow break. One that I was working on for my wife. I'm used to it. :) Jawge
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Glad I'm not working on any bows right now :)
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Marius, maybe you've figured it out......hmmmm....
why do you think i didn't go to the classic (and i'm not even making bows right now) ;D
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I'll take the blame for all the broken bows lately. I think in my cursing I may have mentioned specific names. ;D Too bad, Steve. Like I told David, it happens to the best of us. Looks like enough for a shorty with what is left. Pat
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Crap, I went to the Classic and I'm finishing up the tiller on one and making the other pretty. Knocking on wood and crossing the fingers ,now.
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I.m bringing a composit to Hickory this week to finish it. I Think I'll wait to tiller it when I get back home. I sure don't want any of this rubbing off on me. :o Pat are you going up Thursday or Friday?
Dick
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Alan and I are leaving early Friday morning. We ought to be there by noon. Pat