Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on May 16, 2010, 01:02:46 pm
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I was having a bad day anyway. I rear ended a car on the way to archery. :-[
The bow shot well, but I thought, I'd improve the arrow pass, ease off the tip of the upper limb and lose a pound or two to give it a bit of safety factor.
Now 25" seemed like a reasonable safety factor until it went BANG!
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/smash1.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/smash2.jpg)
Maybe it'll make 'Smashed BOM ?'
So to sumarise, not a great weekend, my team Porthsmouth lost the FA cup (I was there), I pranged the car and smashed my bow.
But hey, it was experimental...and cheaper than the car repair. ;D
Never mind, I'll have a nice cup of tea!
Del
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that's a real shame Del...sorry to hear about the car too. At least no one was injured in the destruction of either. >:D >:D
j
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Please step away from the bow wood! ;D I bet this break got your heart pumping. I have only had a few bows break but they were all quite thrilling in a warped sorta way. ::)
Looks like a tension failure. Any cracks, hidden knots, etc that could have caused the failure?
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Bummer Del, you escaped harm, so really a good day in the scheme of things. ;)
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Please step away from the bow wood! ;D I bet this break got your heart pumping. I have only had a few bows break but they were all quite thrilling in a warped sorta way. ::)
Looks like a tension failure. Any cracks, hidden knots, etc that could have caused the failure?
Yeah, I agree it looks like a tension failure, but this might have set it off, a spot in the glue line where there wasn't good contact between belly and back.
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/glueline3.jpg)
It's good to have an autopsy, it did quite well for my first glue up with hide glue...we live and learn, to be honest I was surprised it didn't fail during tillering.
AS my Mum would say, "The man who never made a mistake, never made anything"
She also says "Never mind it won't affect the price of bread"... hmmm, don't s'pose it'll even make the ten o'clock news... ;D
Or maybe that red squiggly stuff caused it? ::)
Del
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Hard lines my friend...
You seemed to take it quite well...and I wanted Portsmouth to win as well
i'm at the very start of my bowyer journey, and i have had five catastrophic failures ( One little hazel bow was going so well untill I left it in the workshop and unbeknown to me a work colleague had drawn the 25" draw bow to 30+ inches and laid it back on the bench... I picked it up to shoot it in and on the 3rd shot it blew up and a part of the bow smacked me so hard in the cheek, I looked like I'd been sparring with Mike Tyson!)
At least you were ok from the car bump, and ok from the explosion
Cheers
Keith
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Work colleagues can get damaged, accidently of course >:D.
Good luck with the bows, (we all need a pinch of that).
Del
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I hate when a day turns to poo like that hapens all the time. Chin up Ron
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Oh no on the car. Sorry to hear that your team lost. Always tough. Bows well..you know what I say. "If you ain't breakin' you ain't makin'" Jawge
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Ouch is that the cherry u used? I had that happened same to me in the early days I made a few cherry bows backed with hickory and I had quite the explosion. Almost seems like cherry if it isnt a perfect piece of wood it cant handle a lot of compression. Nice looking bow otherwise!
AA
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Bad luck with your bow :( Sorry to here that , it was a nice looking bow and fast. I think it was simply too short for the cherry wood to handle it!! Cherry is a good wood but only really suitable for longer designs. I would have thought , at least 66" with a short grip and 68" with a longer grip, then you would have got less set and a safer( if not as fast) bow. better luck next tme. 'failures are the pillars of success'!!!!
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O,i bet that was exciting, Sorry but it happens,looks like the last ERC I tried. Big POW. ;D ;D
Pappy
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Bummer about your car, team and bow del... (Maybe not in that order)
Glad no one was hurt in either of the accidents.
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maybe you should stick with the small bows ;D >:D better luck next time
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Glad you're OK - did you use 2 out of your 9 lives or get a "2fer"since both accidents were the same day? ;D
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Glad you're OK - did you use 2 out of your 9 lives or get a "2fer"since both accidents were the same day? ;D
;D Yeah, good idea I'll submit a claim for a refund on one of 'em.
Of course I'm itchin' to start another bow already...maybe something a tad longer and softer!
De
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Sorry to hear this Del ! I have about 5 bows that look like that on top of my TV in the shop, just a little reminder to take it slow and 1 is Cherry :D
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With a little trimming and a leather thong , they make dandy walking sticks ... or wooden swords... :o
When I first started making bows , I broke a bunch (scary stuff) ... not so much lately... The more you make , the less you break ... ;)