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Offline Marc St Louis

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Dry Air =
« on: January 25, 2008, 10:05:31 pm »
Winter time brings dry air. How dry?

I was working on this Elm backed Maple off and on for the last couple days. Had it tillered to about 80# @ 29" with a good tillered shape, as you can see in this photo



I had drawn this bow several times to 29" and everything felt good. It had about 1/8" positive tiller and the backing seemed sound. Then I took it to 30" and one minute everything was ok then the bow was in several pieces. The camera caught the action



This is not the first bow I've had explode on me but it is the second I've caught on film. It never feels good when this happens

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Offline sonny

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2008, 10:10:18 pm »
probably still sweeping up chips, huh ??

man I hate it when that happens !!! >:( >:(
« Last Edit: January 25, 2008, 10:11:56 pm by sonny »
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 10:14:42 pm »
Sorry about the bow Marc,it is a mighty bad feeling,but that is an incredible photo! Did your wife take the picture? Hope you did'nt get whacked to hard.  God Bless, PeteC
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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2008, 10:22:34 pm »
Actually I thought there would be pieces laying around Sonny but the 3 pieces you seen in the picture are all there were. The piece of limb heading for the fruit impaled an Apple.

I wasn't touched at all Pete. The camera was on a timer. It just happened to take the picture when the bow exploded
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Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2008, 10:30:01 pm »
.........Yikes ! Know the feeling and like ya say aint a good one. Fortunately the piece impaled the apple NOT y'all. :o.......bob
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Offline david w.

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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2008, 10:34:47 pm »
sorry about your bow.

that musta been scarry
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Offline mamba

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2008, 10:53:11 pm »
I think I would be a little gun shy for awhile.Glad your OK Marc.
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2008, 11:30:32 pm »
Wow Marc, both limbs at once, great shot. Popped my share in dry air so I feel your pain ;)

I know bows usually fail in tension, but do you think the elm failed first?

Rich-
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2008, 11:46:24 pm »
Wow that is a cool picture, even if it does suck to have a bow explode.  Glad your not sporting any new stitches.  Justin
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Offline Dano

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2008, 11:48:22 pm »
Dang Mark, lucky thing you didn't break the wifes china, that would have been bad. ;D
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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2008, 11:57:42 pm »
Ouch!  I've had a couple of bows blow up too, though mine always seem to happen in the summer.  (San Jose gets ~ 6-8 months of glorius, dry sunshine and then rain through the winter.)  I'm glad you and the wife's china are OK.
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Offline Lost Arra

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Re: Dry Air =
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2008, 12:13:42 am »
Yikes!!
Is that the string under your right arm in the second photo?

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Offline Jesse

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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2008, 12:26:26 am »
That is awesome. Not breaking the bow but getting it on camera. You couldnt take a better picture if you knew it would happen. I just had a hickory backed hickory snap when I was stringing it. Sucks to see your work destroyed.      Jesse
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2008, 01:35:04 am »
That would be the first time I ever seen a break in action.
That Photo a keeper at least.Glad the thing did'nt bonk ya in the Head, Good luck on the next one.
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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2008, 01:42:11 am »
What a shot! Picture like that aught to be worth something, at least more than the bow now. Too bad about that bow..
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