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bearbowman

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pics of my blow up
« on: March 12, 2009, 02:08:46 pm »
well here you go guys, these are the pictures you wanted to see. i hope someone can tell me what might have happened.

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Offline DanaM

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 02:28:32 pm »
Well I guess what happened is it broke ;) :D

Looks like a tension failure due to bad grain in the board, back the next one with linen or silk.
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Offline Kitsu

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 02:54:12 pm »
yea, looks like the grain ran off the side and it came off clean...

next time check your boards grain and try not to get anything like that again :P
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bearbowman

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 03:29:04 pm »
I bought it from a supplier. I don't want to mention who it is because they are very reputable.
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CutNShoot

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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 04:52:46 pm »
Wondering what the belly side looked like.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 05:28:09 pm »
That's some poor grain on that board. You need straight grained boards. Info on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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Offline Pat B

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 05:47:28 pm »
It is a tension failure but it doesn't look like it is because the grain was bad, even though the grain is bad. It broke straight across and that tells me it was a faulty stave, probably not seasoned correctly.
   I would contact the dealer and send him pics and see what he says.
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bearbowman

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 05:58:06 pm »
The dealer states that as soon as a tool touches it the warranty is gone. I will still try to contact them but thier warranty is pretty blunt.

thanks, guys
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Offline redwasp

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 08:14:47 pm »
I for one would like to know the name of company who sold it to you. please send me a PM although I usually pick up my staves from the side of the road that i drive on everyday (when they trim for powerlines) but I still buy things from venders over the internet and do not want to support the Co. that sells that as a workable stave. thanks
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Offline Pat B

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 11:38:21 pm »
I wouldn't buy from a company with that definite of a rule. They could sell you crap and blame you for the screw-up.  You would do better going to Lowe's or Home Depot.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2009, 06:21:23 am »
Al tho the grain don't look that good I think it was to dry or dry rot,the way it broke straight across.
I have run into that a lot and now if I have any question on a stave I take a small sliver off of it and do a bend test ,if it breaks like pop corn across the back I make fire wood out of it. Had some
hickory and ash act the same way.I figured it was the place I had seasoned it,not out in the weather
but under an open shed and most white wood will dry rot very quick.Sorry about your luck but it happens. :)
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Offline TRACY

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2009, 11:15:48 am »
Yeah, I would have to agree with the rest, not the best grain. I had an osage bow do this a couple of months of go that the grain was not the issue but it had a pocket of dry rot inside the limb and blew with the same results after a few hundred shots. If memory is right, didn't you re-tiller that limb after shooting it in for a little while? Dust yourself off and get going on another :)
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bearbowman

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2009, 01:17:15 pm »
yeah I did do a little scraping on that limb. Not much.
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Offline TRACY

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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2009, 03:55:40 pm »
I still think the grain is the main issue. Was it recommended by the seller to back it with anything? I sure wouldn't let this stop you from moving forward and building a better bow. Good luck!
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Offline african man

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Re: pics of my blow up
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2009, 05:07:46 pm »
don't feel bad  :-[
here's two of four bows that went bang one after the other due to a bad batch of hickory  :'(
and one I might just save..... ???


pulling the backing off two ELB's and replacing with boo flo
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