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Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« on: September 26, 2009, 05:27:07 pm »
can't win em all i guess...i took Dano and Sailordad's advice, and did most of my tillering work toward the ends of this bow but it broke anyway...maybe with a very thin backing of hickory...?   i bought some silk for backing but i think it is ugly.  oh god to have my workshop back...even the workshop under the stairs









so...it cracked big but did not break.  I CA'd it back together...it is still salvageable as art...maybe even as a bow with a sixteenth of hickory on the back...?
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2009, 06:52:40 pm »
My condolences for your loss, the bow and your shop. "If you ain't breakin em you ain't makin em." I heard a friend say that a few times. ;D
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 07:02:24 pm »
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2009, 07:07:51 pm »
Sorry 'bout that-but it happens. 54" is mighty, mighty, short, especially for oak.
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2009, 11:41:48 pm »
my rawhide backed osage snake (thanks again woodstick) is 54 and a half i think. REALLY short bow.
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2009, 09:55:38 am »
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2009, 11:39:42 am »
glad to see it still working for ya rs. sorry to hear bout the broke bow, but we all learn from things like that next one will be great. keep it up and show pics of the next one.
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2009, 01:04:41 pm »
Quote from: Hillbilly on September 26, 2009, 07:07:51 pm
Sorry 'bout that-but it happens. 54" is mighty, mighty, short, especially for oak.

right you are...i was just experimenting, it's okay
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2009, 08:15:14 pm »
A 54" recurve made of a unbacked board of any type of wood is pushing your luck.  Highly stressed designs should be made from high quality staves with a good single ring chased on the back. Even hickory won't stand up to grain violations when used in a highly stressed design like that. Been there done that......if your looking to make a backed bow I'd sugest bamboo on the back or a hickory or ash backing with one ring chased on the back like Marc uses.....
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Re: Casualty--54" oak recurve died on its way to the hospital
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2009, 01:10:24 pm »
Quote from: Ryano on September 27, 2009, 08:15:14 pm
A 54" recurve made of a unbacked board of any type of wood is pushing your luck.  Highly stressed designs should be made from high quality staves with a good single ring chased on the back. Even hickory won't stand up to grain violations when used in a highly stressed design like that. Been there done that......if your looking to make a backed bow I'd sugest bamboo on the back or a hickory or ash backing with one ring chased on the back like Marc uses.....

Should i recurve the backing strip separately, and then glue the two pieces together?  Or just force the thin backing strip into place on the recurved stave?

I love the recurves.  Faster than the holmegaards, unquestionably, for the draw weight. 

hmm...
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