Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DanaM on February 01, 2009, 02:38:32 pm
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Ya think rawhide will fix it :D
Thats 2 in a row now, both staves had been stored in the house, I'm thinking the wood
is just to dry. With the heat running and winters dry air ??? Think I'll go build
snowman instead of bows :P
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Yikes! Looks like a tension failure. What kind of wood is it? Hickory or maple? You're probably right about the dry air... same thing around here in the winter.
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Maple, and ya it was the back that let go. I had it on the tree and saw the a splinter pop up then kapowwwwwyyyyyy :o
For all you new guys this is why most of us a tree rather than a tillering stick :) I was 10' away and in the clear rather up close and personal :D
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DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D
peace,
tim
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DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D
peace,
tim
I was thinkin duct tape ;) :D
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:o I bet that made a nice explosion. Might be the humidity level. Its 35% in my basement right now. Ive been shooting one of my ipe bows and it seems stiffer and faster than normal. Im wondering if the bows we are making right now will be a little less springy in the spring.
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Dana, you made me laugh out loud as I scrolled down to the pic. Sorry about the loss, though.
I actually got a bit paranoid about heat in the house last night, when I was doing some work on the recent Holmegaard and took it in the house to show my wife.
Dane
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DANA,
just rap that area with sinew,do the other limb to match ;D, and i think it'll work
might even want some raw hide on the back after the sinew just incase ;) ;D
peace,
tim
I was thinkin duct tape ;) :D
i thought it was just here in arkansas that we fixed everything with duct tape
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Naw a good redneck always has duct tape close to hand ;)
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Dana, i really think we should have a mix-n-match box for guys to toss broken bows into. Then, when it got about half-full, a guy with a broken bow could maybe find a matching limb, or pretty close, and make a take down bow. I've got a half an osage board bow I could contribute.
Waste not, want not.
piper
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If it moves and it aint supposed to use duct tape. If it don't move and its supposed to use wd40 thats all the tools you'll ever need.Ron
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I'd put my Money on the Humidity too....it's only about 15 percent here right now.....I ain't working on a Bow till it goes back above 35
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Sorry about that,I had some Ash a few years back ,broke 2 or 3 in a row,Now if I have any question on the wood I make a little bow out of the wood,just a sliver and see how it bends,if it holds a pretty good bend I go ahead if not I cook brats with it.We had some hickory like that a couple of years back,White wood will dry rot very quick and easy,or I guess it could be to dry,don't really have that problem down here even in the winter. :)
Pappy
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Pappy this is the same maple that Jesse made his bow from, I have to believe its the humidity, January
was so cold my basement was at 20% humidity :o Oh well it happens to all of us eh
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Dana, I think you can save that one...just throw some glue on it and back it with a fine snake skin. I would use the tillering tree again when drawing it though. ;D Just kidding as I'm sure you're aware! :)
Sorry it didn't work out...
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That's a large splinter! Too dry? Where do you live? I hear that a lot but I don't think that's the reason. Jawge
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George I'm in upper michigan, da land of Yoopers, my basement has been running 20 percent humidity,
thats where the last 2 staves I pulled a splinter on were stored, much to dry. It could have been operator error
but I have no reason to suspect the wood, lots of bows been made from that tree. Tiller was good with no hinges
or flat spots so I suspect it was just too dry.
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:'( :'( Sorry to see that ! I tend to think it's to dry in the house also.....i know my nose tells me that every morning when i wake up ;) :D
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Yup been drier than a popcorn fart :D
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bad luck!!!
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I'll agree with it being a moisture content problem.
20% RH @ 70 degrees will dry wood down to 4.5%MC. That's almost too dry for hickory to hold together and certainly too dry for most any other wood.
I popped a ring on the back of an osage Sunday and I think it's because of the MC. It's been running around 25% in my house for a month or so now. At 72 degrees, my bows would reach equilibrium at 5.4%...way too dry for osage.
I think I'm gonna move all my bows outside for a while, before I shoot any of them.
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Hmmmm, popcorn fart.... thats dry! I had some ash like that , just too dry in the winter, You be careful there, remember you're my ride to the classic. lol. The tiller tree is a life saver, thats one thing I never messed with was a tiller stick, I read all of Georges info from his web site and learned from his experiences.
Sorry about the bow
VB