Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Arrowbuster on September 18, 2016, 10:13:20 am
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This is my 2 nd shootable bow. I have fought this thing all summer. It has taught me a lot. First lesson learned when you have a beautiful osage stave that's relatively flat with a ring chased do not glue a slat of bamboo on it. Idiot move I know. This bow got a major check from my steam box. You can see in pic how I repaired. I glued crack then wrapped with silk thread. My next boneheaded move was after I glued bamboo on. I used TB 3, it adhered well. To try to put bend in tips using a heat gun. I got the bend and looked good and stayed together until the first time I tried to shoot this bow. It held for a while then It delaminated at the tips. I suspect heat broke glue down. So in disgust I threw it in corner. I asked for some advice on here and smooth on was recommended. Well let me tell you getting that boo off when you want to is not easy. I spent hours with heat gun and a stiff putty knife. TB3 is good stuff. So I got it off. Cleaned it up and tried the smooth on product. It worked very well and probably a much better fit for what I was trying to do.
Anyway I saved the bow, if anyone is wondering about my title, BBO PITA the pita is pain in the a**.
Shes 60 inches pulls 48@27 and shoots hard. I know the tiller isnt spot on but it shoots great with no hand shock.
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Looks really good for the second bow!
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Looks to me like you won that hard fought battle. Bend looks good to me, nice bow. I like the way you stuck with it and came out with a nice bow when I'm sure you had thoughts of giving up. Nice job
Bjrogg
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Forgot to post pic of check.
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very cool, it looks good to me.
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Very nice looking bow, Your tiller looks dead on and the bow is fantastic, especially for a second bow.
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I usually learn as much by my failures as my successes looks like you had a little of each with this one :)
The end result looks good and I am guessing you learned quite a bit along the way
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I also wanted to add that I put a stain on this bow before finishing out with tru oil. I used deck stain, the kind that repels water. Curious if anyone has tried this?
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Good job! Very nice effort for such an early bow. My first 10 didn't look half that good.
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Looks. Killer!nice one!
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Thanks guys, I have a lot to learn but Ive got a great resource right here. You gentlemen are a wealth of knowledge. Lessens the learning curve.
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Bill, looks like you did good on that one .....
DBar
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Way to see it through. Looks like you got more than lessons learned out of it too. Very nice second bow!