Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badger on July 28, 2008, 03:59:47 pm
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I have a 55 gal plastic drum in my garage that I have used for storing bows. often I have noticed I will pull a bow out of the drum and when I string it up it will be out of tiller. I am pretty sure that the moisture level in the drum is higher than the limbs sticking out the top of the drum as they get more circulation. I have had close to 100 bows at a time in this drum. I feel like an idiot as it took me quite some time to figure this out. Just thought I would pass this on. Steve
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That must stink....Did you make all of those bows???
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Gene, yes I make them all, I usually put bows in the drum that I intend to come back to later for any number of reasons. When it gets to full I select the ones that I want to keep and saw the rest of them up in my bandsaw or give them away at monthly gatherings.
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Steve I store bows the same way, not as many but enough to be a pain. Especially when the strings get caught around other bows. I saw something at MOJAM that I replicated for storing bows. I took two pieces of rope, tied loops in them every foot, then hung them from rafters about three feet apart from each other. I have thirteen bows in the set, some are doubled up but nothing is going to get scratched. I'm going to make another one of these and hopefully that will hold all of my good bows. The junk can continue to live in the garbage can.
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Steve, a few holes around the bottom of your barrel might alleviate the problem because it would allow for more air movement. Pat
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Hi,
If you hang them up all the weight will not be on the lower of the limbs. Rack them like a long gun.
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I remmber reading an article by Paul Comstock (I think) that advised against storing a bow standing up.....if I remember correctly, he advised, like Cromm said, to store it horizontally.....
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Hmmm...I never have that problem. After I spent all that effort making a bow, it always looks "perfect" to me after that. Know what I mean? ;D ;)
I think Ishi said that if you leave a bow standing vertical for a long time, it gets "tired".....so he always laid his down flat. (Anyone else remember this?)
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I stand all of mine in the corner of my bedroom or in the closet. Its too hot and dry to leave them outside here. I have most of my staves in the pantry. ;D Justin
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I keep a bunch in a barrel also,but only ones that are roughed out or just floor tillered.I keep my finished bow in the house laying flat.Well at least most of them.The ones I don't I will take in for a few days or in the hot box before I use them. :)
Pappy
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This could make for an interesting bunch of pics, let's see everyone's pile and how they keep it. >:D O:)
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My hot box is an old metal cabinet, kinda like a clothes locker, with a heat lamp in the bottom on one side. I stand bows up in it. I occassionally swap ends for a day or so if I'm gonna be working one or shooting it. Keeping wood bows dry is a pain in the buttocks.