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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2016, 07:03:03 pm »
Did it let go at a heat corrected spot??

Ditto...looks a little toasted on the side and the back. 

A heartbreaking loss, she was a beauty!
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Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2016, 07:16:37 pm »
That was a spot that got a lil heat correction. A lil more heat than i wanted, is that the culprit?
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Offline Drewster

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« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2016, 07:19:27 pm »
Oh man, that's a bummer......and such a fine looking bow.  The tiller looks great.



It was hurting my neck turning up side down  ;-)
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Offline mwosborn

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« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2016, 07:22:52 pm »
I thought the same thing on the heat - if the back got hot during the correction, it could have contributed to the break.  Sure was a nice looking bow.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2016, 07:23:21 pm »
maybe a combo of the heat correction and relative humidity where the bow was,, maybe after the heat treating it never went back to a healthy moisture content,, of course nothing like that has ever happened to me :)

Offline sleek

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« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2016, 07:30:23 pm »
How long after heat did you bend it. I had that happen after one day of heating it, fine before next day it broke, right wherw i heated it. It got too dry and brittle to bend. Needed to wait a few days to gwt moisture back up.
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Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2016, 07:35:30 pm »
I've learned to always let a stik sit for a couple or few days after heat or steam. This one hurts cuz i went real slow, watched my p's and q's and it was my last piece of yeller wood... Bummer. If u aint breakin u aint makin, onward and upward 🏹
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Offline mullet

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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2016, 07:36:55 pm »
I would say the heat did you in and maybe it got tired of being pulled 27". That was a shame.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2016, 07:39:27 pm »
  Any brown on the back side is dangerous, looks like your brace height might have been a tad high. It seemed to hold its reflex well and the tiller looked good. I think the scorching did you in.

Offline Weylin

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« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2016, 07:48:40 pm »
Ah man! that sucks, bro. That was a nice looking bow. That finish work looks like something I'd put on a bow, so, I approve!  ;D Keep at it!

Offline paulsemp

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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2016, 09:14:34 pm »
I've had some Osage delaminate where I did heavy heat. What was the ratio between early and late?

Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2016, 09:23:58 pm »
Only went a couple under sapwood
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Offline ty_in_ND

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« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2016, 10:19:19 pm »
That was a beautiful bow, it's a shame it broke on you. But don't be too discouraged, just learn from what you did from that bow and apply it to the next.  Experience is a brutal teacher, but the lessons you learn from it sure do stick!
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2016, 06:32:44 am »
That really sucks. I feel your pain, I broke a beauty last week that I tried to get a little closer to center. It was perfectly fine I should have left it alone. 20/20 hindsight.I just used dry heat to line one up yesterday guess I'll be giving it a few days. I don't need to see another go. If it does I don't think I'll be making anymore dry heat corrections.
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« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2016, 07:32:16 am »
Sorry for your loss. That sure was a beautiful bow.
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