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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Blunder fix?
« on: July 19, 2017, 07:46:33 pm »
Let's say (hypothetically of course) that someone accidentally toasted the back of an HHB bow while heat treating.  :-[ Would laying down some rawhide help to remedy the situation? The damage is limited to just beyond the fade of one limb only.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2017, 10:14:35 pm »
well all I can say is the rawhide wont hurt it,, (-P
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2017, 10:28:24 pm »
I wouldn't waste the rawhide. Use the stave to cook some brats while you plan your next bow.   (=)

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Offline willie

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2017, 03:10:35 am »
what color is it now?
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2017, 04:18:10 am »
You could sinew or flax back it take the tension off of the back ,flax is crazy strong and not effected by moister or decrown & hickory back maybe you already thought of that just some thoughts !
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2017, 07:50:30 am »
Quote from: upstatenybowyer on July 19, 2017, 07:46:33 pm
Let's say (hypothetically of course) that someone accidentally toasted the back of an HHB bow while heat treating.  :-[ Would laying down some rawhide help to remedy the situation? The damage is limited to just beyond the fade of one limb only.

A very light toasting of the back won't hurt it but if it's dark brown or worse black then you'll need to do something

I had this problem happen to me with the first HHB warbow I made, my form was too wide. The bow lasted for several years but ultimately gave up the ghost.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2017, 07:59:40 am »
In my experience HHB and a cooked back aren't friends. I have had splinters pop on two bows that had some heat get to the back. I decided in the future when this happens I'm junking the bow and not putting more hours into it. Both bows shot several hundred arrows before they went pop.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2017, 10:28:34 am »
ok like most things with bows,,,you can try to fix it,, if not toasted to bad,,, or you can cook with it,,
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2017, 01:19:04 pm »
Thanks guys. I really think HHB has something against me. I haven't braced or drawn the bow since the blunder so I think I'll shoot it a bunch and decide what to do from there.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2017, 01:21:43 pm »
yes shoot it first,, and cook with it later, ,that way you get to do both,, (-S
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2017, 01:23:27 pm »
Quote from: bradsmith2010 on July 20, 2017, 01:21:43 pm
yes shoot it first,, and cook with it later, ,that way you get to do both,, (-S

lol
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Offline DC

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2017, 02:01:22 pm »
Even better shoot "something" with it, and then use the bow to cook that something.
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Offline Stick Bender

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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2017, 02:25:18 pm »
With all my blunder bows I could do a pig roast  (-_)
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2017, 08:34:05 pm »
We should all set aside our blunders for the next bow gathering and have a feast fit for kings! -C-
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Blunder fix?
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2017, 09:11:13 pm »
That's gonna be one hot fire
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