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Offline vabowyer

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all was going so well
« on: March 08, 2012, 10:43:03 pm »
was trying to use up scraps I had laying around the garage.  Made this great little bow.  Probably the most comfortable thing I have ever launched an arrow from.  Shot way faster than I expected.  a think of beauty.......then the string slipped from the nock somehow and the thing broke.  The ash backing held, but the pau amarillo belly split right through.......

Jamie
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2012, 10:49:21 pm »
Waaaaaah!  :'(

Hate to see a good bow die.
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Offline MoNative

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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2012, 01:14:14 am »
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2012, 04:27:06 am »
Pau amerillo is good stuff. Sorry to hear about your bow.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2012, 05:13:16 am »
Bwahhhh :'(
Hope it's up in bow heaven now.
Del
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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2012, 07:17:51 am »
To bad Jamie. :(
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Offline adb

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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2012, 10:37:34 am »
Bummer.
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2012, 01:39:21 pm »
That stinks.  Looked very nice.
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Offline vabowyer

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Re: all was going so well
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2012, 12:35:26 am »
Thanks for the kind words.  I glued the thing back together just to keep it for a model.  It shot so well before it went, Might try to make another like it.  I will put some deeper string grooves in though.  I think this pau amarillo is my favorite tropical wood to work with.  Love the way it works.  I do not think I have used a wood that responds better to a plane or spokeshave.

jamie
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