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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: islandpiper on August 04, 2009, 08:37:30 pm

Title: Sometimes you just gotta.......
Post by: islandpiper on August 04, 2009, 08:37:30 pm

Here is a H/H lam bow...It was making creaking noises, so in a fit of craziness I applied a backing of some modern, high tech fairy snot.....and it de-laminated just the same.   So, to make it impossible for myself to spend another minute resurecting it, i chopped it up.  If I hadn't, it would have sat in the corner, reminding me of a failure, and someday I'd spend a day trying to fix it.  Easier just to make it "shipping size" right away. 

(http://www.forumpictureprocessor.com/pictureprocessor/images/DSCF0071.jpg)

piper

Title: Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
Post by: Josh on August 04, 2009, 08:48:25 pm

i hear ya.  I have a few failures in my shop that need to be done the same way.   :)

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Post by: smokeu on August 04, 2009, 08:49:40 pm

LOL.... you are not alone my friend.  I have destroyed some as well and burned ALL the evidence.

MIKE

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Post by: Dano on August 04, 2009, 08:57:36 pm

Too bad you put the "fairy snot" on there you could have smoked a nice tenderloin with it. ;D

Title: Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
Post by: Adam Keiper on August 04, 2009, 11:10:36 pm

That's it.  At some point you have to decide whether or not to dump any more time into a project that may fail, or just abort it altogether.  Based on past experience with various "fixes" that often just prolong the inevitable, I can say that my own tolerance level for most repairs is very low.  The decision comes easier and much more swiftly the longer you've been at this.

Title: Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
Post by: adb on August 04, 2009, 11:54:49 pm

I've chopped up a few bows that I'd been staring at for a while, cuz they were just pi$$in' me off too!

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Post by: recurve shooter on August 05, 2009, 01:10:56 am

haha!

mr. kieth me and ian were gunna stop by and see you, but they had every cop and game warden in louisianan infront of your shop so we abourted mission.

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Post by: medicinewheel on August 05, 2009, 01:12:02 am

Had several ending up just like that one...!

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Post by: DanaM on August 05, 2009, 06:57:55 am

We all have our corner of shame at leats until we clean house eh :D

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Post by: Pappy on August 05, 2009, 07:56:51 am

I'm with you Adam,my patients is pretty short when it comes to that.If it is a pretty easy high %
fix I will go for if not I cook with it. :) I have seen folks spend days trying to fix one and most time it is putting off the inevitable.  :) I will do some rapping here and there but even then is is for insurance before there is a problem not after. :)
   Pappy