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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: chriss880 on March 19, 2010, 09:36:31 am

Title: bow cracking
Post by: chriss880 on March 19, 2010, 09:36:31 am

so i thought i was done tillering but so when i was trying to string it i accidently stepped on it and heard a faint crack. >:( so should i keep working on it or start over?

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 19, 2010, 09:45:55 am

Can you id where the crack is? Look for little splinters on the back. You hear a crack. Sometimes the bow chrysals on the belly and you hear a tick. Do you have knots? Jawge

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: chriss880 on March 19, 2010, 10:15:19 am

i looked and i don't see anything so should i keep working on it?

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: islandpiper on March 19, 2010, 02:45:42 pm

Wood is cheap.  Time is precious. 

piper

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: HatchA on March 19, 2010, 05:38:04 pm

Quote from: islandpiper on March 19, 2010, 02:45:42 pm

Wood is cheap.  Time is precious. 

piper

Experience is.....  knowledge?  continuing the work on the bow might reveal the cause of the cracking.  Lessons learnt for the next project.

Though it could also be thought of as flogging a dead horse  :-\    flip a coin, man :)  let Fate decide...  :D

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: ricktrojanowski on March 19, 2010, 11:31:15 pm

Keep working on it.  Take it slow and see what happens.  If it blows it blows.  It is all about learning.  You are bound to break some, so you may as well start now. ;)

Title: Re: bow cracking
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 20, 2010, 01:15:22 am

When I hear the crack, if I can't find it or logically deduce where it is, the stave becomes a tomato proper upper. Got any knots that could cause it? Jawge