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Offline Scottski

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Another one gone!
« on: May 22, 2013, 07:32:41 pm »
Well started ANOTHER red oak board bow. Checking to make sure my bend was going ok then this happens!
Did the Native Americans think about all this that much or just do it?

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 07:33:25 pm »
What's wrong with it?
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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2013, 07:36:01 pm »
Can you see the crack or splinter? What should I do? Start another one?
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2013, 07:42:20 pm »
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.

Offline Scottski

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2013, 07:44:47 pm »
What about tillering it out?
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Offline bow101

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2013, 08:46:14 pm »
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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Offline Hamish

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2013, 08:57:37 pm »
You could also round the corners off the back a bit more than you already have so stress isn't concentratrated as much.

Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2013, 09:19:02 pm »
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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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2013, 10:26:12 am »
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. 

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2013, 12:06:35 pm »
Burn it!!!! And get some real wood....OSAGE!!!!!!  >:D

Offline JeremiahVires

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2013, 02:01:44 pm »
Burn it!!!! And get some real wood....OSAGE!!!!!!  >:D

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Offline Scottski

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2013, 06:02:58 pm »
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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Offline bushboy

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2013, 07:44:01 pm »
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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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2013, 08:20:47 pm »
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.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: Another one gone!
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2013, 12:02:08 am »
Thanks for the tips guys.
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