I have read this thread with some attention and I am flabbergasted.
I have had a considerable amount of glue ups done by Jim from Rudderbows and none failed on the glue line so far.
In fact I tested one to destruction and it failed at 41 inches.
One may or may not like the looks of the glueline but technically they are fine.
None of all of you who posted on this thread can judge if indeed the buyer sanded the bow into destruction. In fact perhaps in the beginning, if one does not have a clue, one should buy a ready made bow. not mess with the wood if you havent got a clue what you are doing. Now it is impossible to see if the pins in the wood would have holded, or would have cracked. Not Jim not the buyer can know now. perhaps even shooting the bow before sanding was a better option.
whatever price agreement was made to buy the bow, it is none of our business.
that brings me to the following impression, apart from one or two, you all act like a pack of wolves smelling blood.
The point where it was about a technical question or sharing knowledge has long been passed.
It is no loger helping anyone. do you really think badmouthing will do convincing and help anyone?
Reading your post you are better at building bows than writing.
but as always, my personal opinion.
I wonder if it will be on this board for long.
best of luck building bows
pooryewaddict.
I find it very interesting that you, not knowing myself, what was or not done, by your viewpoint are ready to assume that I may very well have, "sanded it to destruction"
I see in your a negative person that has settled your sights upon myself, even with the given circumstances that I truly wonder if you really do understand, given your view on this matter?
Your attitude is assumptive and you know nothing at all.....except for maybe what your friend Jim has told you and swayed you to. Its pretty evident from your thoughts this is the case, as exemplified by your own words.
So, by what you say, I "have no clue"? I'd like the crystal ball you have that makes you a good judge of others based upon your vast lack of knowledge of myself.
I didn't see anyone here other than myself while I was sanding it...
In regards to the bow being cracked,.... it was there BEFORE it was sanded,... it simply showed up AS it was being sanded, as the dust from sanding worked its way into the crack. It was defective from before it ever reached me.
Anyone who has worked with wood should be able to easily understand this.
Amazing,... your second post and your strange aggressive mindset with focused cross-hairs upon me sure sounds like the same rude behavior I got from Jim.
