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Offline islandpiper

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Sometimes you just gotta.......
« on: August 04, 2009, 08:37:30 pm »
Here is a H/H lam bow...It was making creaking noises, so in a fit of craziness I applied a backing of some modern, high tech fairy snot.....and it de-laminated just the same.   So, to make it impossible for myself to spend another minute resurecting it, i chopped it up.  If I hadn't, it would have sat in the corner, reminding me of a failure, and someday I'd spend a day trying to fix it.  Easier just to make it "shipping size" right away. 



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Offline Josh

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2009, 08:48:25 pm »
i hear ya.  I have a few failures in my shop that need to be done the same way.   :)
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Offline smokeu

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2009, 08:49:40 pm »
LOL.... you are not alone my friend.  I have destroyed some as well and burned ALL the evidence.

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Offline Dano

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2009, 08:57:36 pm »
Too bad you put the "fairy snot" on there you could have smoked a nice tenderloin with it. ;D
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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2009, 11:10:36 pm »
That's it.  At some point you have to decide whether or not to dump any more time into a project that may fail, or just abort it altogether.  Based on past experience with various "fixes" that often just prolong the inevitable, I can say that my own tolerance level for most repairs is very low.  The decision comes easier and much more swiftly the longer you've been at this.
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Offline adb

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2009, 11:54:49 pm »
I've chopped up a few bows that I'd been staring at for a while, cuz they were just pi$$in' me off too!
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 01:10:56 am »
haha!

mr. kieth me and ian were gunna stop by and see you, but they had every cop and game warden in louisianan infront of your shop so we abourted mission.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 01:12:02 am »
Had several ending up just like that one...!
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2009, 06:57:55 am »
We all have our corner of shame at leats until we clean house eh :D
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Sometimes you just gotta.......
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2009, 07:56:51 am »
I'm with you Adam,my patients is pretty short when it comes to that.If it is a pretty easy high %
fix I will go for if not I cook with it. :) I have seen folks spend days trying to fix one and most time it is putting off the inevitable.  :) I will do some rapping here and there but even then is is for insurance before there is a problem not after. :)
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