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Offline Keenan

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Re: Vine Maple for my father (updated with new pics and questions)
« Reply #45 on: December 03, 2011, 11:12:00 pm »
Good deal Weylin. 30 year old yew. Wow. With that definitely give me a shout when you start in. Yew that old should be great ring count but may need to hydrate slightly. It can sometimes get brittle when aged real long.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #46 on: December 05, 2011, 10:13:46 pm »
Well, after 5+ hours of work with Gordon we got it bending evenly and added some reflex to gain back some weight. It was looking pretty good and my hopes were up. Today I tried to put it on a shorter string (with a 3" brace) and CRACK, it snapped about 6" down from the tip on the lower limb. I really learned alot from making this bow, I'll just have to make another one for my dad. Thank you Gordon for the help, I think you gave that bow the best chance it had to survive, we definitely bent it further on the tree with the long string than I bent it while stringing it. It must have just been the different string angle or something. Clearly it was going to happen sooner or later so I guess it's better that it happened then instead of when I was shooting it in. I'm already on to my next project, which is rescuing an old yew longbow that my dad started decades ago and never finished. It needs a little TLC, we'll see what I can do with it.


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Offline Keenan

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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #47 on: December 05, 2011, 10:33:30 pm »
Bummer that she didn't make it but glad to hear that you are on the horse again. ;) Post pics and ask as much questions as you can. Watching Gordon work will give anyone a good training session. ;)
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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #48 on: December 05, 2011, 10:57:25 pm »
Man that sucks but thats the nature of the game we play I guess. Did you give the bow a while to rehidrate after heating in the reflex? If not that may have been the culprit behind the break but who really knows it could have been something hidden? :-\ Well look forward to your Yew, I hope you have better luck with that one, we will keep our fingers crossed!

Josh
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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #49 on: December 06, 2011, 01:27:10 am »
its a bummer.BUT grab anther one and keep on trucking....it does happen but thats how you get good...john
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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2011, 03:38:17 am »
I was concerned about that spot being a little thin, but I thought it was close enough to the tip that we might get away with it.  Oh well, lots more vine maple out there.
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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #51 on: December 06, 2011, 07:02:18 am »
O that's to bad.  :( :(
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Re: Vine Maple for my father (Thar She Blows!!!)
« Reply #52 on: December 06, 2011, 07:59:13 am »
bad luck.....!!! try again..after you got over the trauma
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