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Offline DC

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Tiller going away
« on: August 14, 2016, 08:06:24 pm »
I just put a bow that I made last fall back on the tree just to check the weight. The top limb is way weak. It was good last fall. It's a spliced bamboo backed yew. It's a nice shooter so it's had a few thousand arrows through it I would guess. Could this be caused by the high humidity we've had all summer?
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 09:44:24 pm »
Hmmm....bamboo backed bows are the ones I never have an issue with this one older bows.

The glue lines still all solid? I once was super confused by why an RD I was working on suddenly seemed so hinged coming out of the fades till I realized  glue line was letting go for a few inches. I ended up just filling it with super glue and saved it.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2016, 11:20:33 pm »
I had a 6 year old bow go strong in the top limb while it was sitting up unused, I retillered it and it is holding well so far.
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Offline DC

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2016, 11:34:56 pm »
Glue line looks good, no chrysals.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2016, 12:02:43 am »
Had it happen a few times with osage self bows. In a period of weeks with one.
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Offline loon

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2016, 12:15:36 am »
What if you try balancing it on your knee like a horn bow? I have to do that with my bamboo self bow from Mead Longbows. grabbing the weak limb mid-limb, put the knee on the strong limb belly mid-limb and other hand on the tip of the strong limb and pull

Maybe a little bit of heat?..
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Offline DC

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2016, 09:44:59 am »
I took a few scrapes off the strong limb. We'll see what happens. Hopefully it's not the humidity or I'll be scraping the other limb in the fall.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2016, 10:40:59 am »
Do you hang your bows up or lean them in the corner?
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2016, 10:48:05 am »
Has the bow got a stiff handle?  Need pics.
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Offline DC

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2016, 12:34:13 pm »
Stiff handle. Yes, I stand it in a corner, :-[ but I swap ends when I use it ;)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2016, 12:45:43 pm »
Worst way on planet earth to store a wood(en) bow DC.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2016, 12:56:50 pm »
not good for FG bow either!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2016, 01:29:39 pm »
I gave a friend an oak bow and forgot to tell him how to store it. He called about 6 months later and told me there was something wrong with his bow. Turns out he stood it up in a corner of his garage, the bottom limb had acquired a strung profile when it was unstrung, I couldn't fix it.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2016, 01:42:39 pm »
Enough said.
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Offline DC

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Re: Tiller going away
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2016, 02:15:11 pm »
I've been trying to come up with a rack that will "fit the decor" and hold 10-20 bows. Making another bow always seems to take precedence over a rack. I guess right now while it's really to humid to work on a bow is a good time.
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