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Offline DanaM

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Pulled another splinter
« on: February 01, 2009, 02:38:32 pm »
Ya think rawhide will fix it :D

Thats 2 in a row now, both staves had been stored in the house, I'm thinking the wood
is just to dry.  With the heat running and winters dry air ??? Think I'll go build
snowman instead of bows :P

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Offline adb

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 02:56:06 pm »
Yikes! Looks like a tension failure. What kind of wood is it? Hickory or maple? You're probably right about the dry air... same thing around here in the winter.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 02:59:55 pm »
Maple, and ya it was the back that let go. I had it on the tree and saw the a splinter pop up then kapowwwwwyyyyyy :o

For all you new guys this is why most of us a tree rather than a tillering stick :) I was 10' away and in the clear rather up close and personal :D
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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 03:44:36 pm »
DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D


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Offline DanaM

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 04:10:51 pm »
Quote from: sailordad on February 01, 2009, 03:44:36 pm
DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D


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I was thinkin duct tape ;) :D
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Offline Jesse

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2009, 04:16:56 pm »
 :o I bet that made a nice explosion. Might be the humidity level. Its 35% in my basement right now. Ive been shooting one of my ipe bows and it seems stiffer and faster than normal. Im wondering if the bows we are making right now will be a little less springy in the spring.
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Offline Dane

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 04:59:16 pm »
Dana, you made me laugh out loud as I scrolled down to the pic. Sorry about the loss, though.

I actually got a bit paranoid about heat in the house last night, when I was doing some work on the recent Holmegaard and took it in the house to show my wife.

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 05:20:51 pm »
Quote from: DanaM on February 01, 2009, 04:10:51 pm
Quote from: sailordad on February 01, 2009, 03:44:36 pm
DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D


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I was thinkin duct tape ;) :D
i thought it was just here in arkansas that we fixed everything with duct tape
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2009, 05:37:02 pm »
Naw a good redneck always has duct tape close to hand ;)
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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2009, 08:47:24 pm »
Dana, i really think we should have a mix-n-match box for guys to toss broken bows into.  Then, when it got about half-full, a guy with a broken bow could maybe find a matching limb, or pretty close, and make a take down bow.  I've got a half an osage board bow I could contribute. 

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2009, 09:22:30 pm »
If it moves and it aint supposed to use duct tape. If it don't move and its supposed to use wd40 thats all the tools you'll ever need.Ron
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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2009, 09:39:15 pm »
I'd put my Money on the Humidity too....it's only about 15 percent here right now.....I ain't working on a Bow till it goes back above 35
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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2009, 07:07:47 am »
Sorry about that,I had some Ash a few years back ,broke 2 or 3 in a row,Now if I have any question on the wood I make a little bow out of the wood,just a sliver and see how it bends,if it holds a pretty good bend I go ahead if not I cook brats with it.We had some hickory like that a couple of years back,White wood will dry rot very quick and easy,or I guess it could be to dry,don't really have that problem down here even in the winter. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2009, 09:05:28 am »
Pappy this is the same maple that Jesse made his bow from, I have to believe its the humidity, January
was so cold my basement was at 20% humidity :o Oh well it happens to all of us eh
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Re: Pulled another splinter
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2009, 09:08:42 am »
Dana, I think you can save that one...just throw some glue on it and back it with a fine snake skin. I would use the tillering tree again when drawing it though. ;D  Just kidding as I'm sure you're aware! :)

Sorry it didn't work out...
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