Not my night

[Lee Slikkers]

Dang George!  Sorry to read this...been at exactly the same place this week as I have a BL bow blow up on me in tension as well but I had left about a 1/4" of sapwood on it for the back.  This bow had already been shooting nicely and had a ton of great character, especially in the sapwood.  Such is the life of this beginning Bowyer 

[half eye]

George,
      Your a better man than me.....lookin at that reflex shot, I'd have to hand it to ya about a "scoshy-bit" of reflex !!!!!     the only thing good about it is that now I know I aint the only one what still breaks some    Hell man, know for a fact ya aint scared of no chunk of wood,eh?
rich

[gstoneberg]

LOL Rich.  I sure aint afraid to try, but my odds for succeeding with this much reflex aren't so good.   I couldn't keep the thing from flipping on me when I strung it.  I don't know how they do those reflexed horn bows...dang that must be tough.  It would have been funny to get a picture of me holding the bow on my scale with one hand, pulling the rope to put some flex on the thing and then trying to get a good enough look at it to do some tillering.   If I'd had 2 more hands I maybe could've done it.  If I let go of it I'd get about a second of looking before the string flipped and stuff went flying all directions.  It was never boring for sure.

Nice job on that character bow by the way.  Looks like you're ready for some of my signature crooked staves.

George

[half eye]

George,
    I been talkin to that little yeller fella, he's was kinda stuburn but we come to an understanding, him and me. After he rests up just a bit we gonna get out the cuttin tools, so we'll see if I can manage to screw that up............PS: how da ya get rid of all the yeller dust?
rich

[Del the cat]

That's natures way of tellin' you to quit with that stave
Just as well you have another in reserve
Del

[gstoneberg]

....PS: how da ya get rid of all the yeller dust?
rich

I got faith in ya for sure Rich.  As for the dust, I usually put some on my t-shirt, then bring that in to be washed so that yellow gets over all our clothes.  Seems to make Mary extra happy.   (It really does stain so be careful with clothes you care about.)  Actually, I try to keep a bunch of sawdust on hand so I can fill up borer holes and other problems. 

That's natures way of tellin' you to quit with that stave
Just as well you have another in reserve
Del

I agree on both counts.  Perhaps I should get right back on that horse.   That stave is straight so I won't be able to whine about all the heatings.  Be better for the wood too.  Thanks again.

George

[youngbowyer]

sorry to see that George. Maybe it was the compression wood Anyway i'll send you another one next week. Which one do you want?