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Offline cowboy

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2007, 11:56:53 am »
Man - that's a shame. I was gonna say too dry but now looking back at the pic's I can see that the grain runs off right there. Store that in my memory banks.
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Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2007, 12:19:35 pm »
Eddy:

You seem to know why the bow broke and want to see if we can figure it out.

Did your grandson try to string it backwoard??  Just a guess from looking at the photo.

David
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Offline adb

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2007, 02:01:17 pm »
Hi,
Looks to me like the wood was too dry. I've had similar looking breaks from very dry wood. Complete x fracture at point of high stress. Last piece that broke like that for me was jatoba.
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Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2007, 02:04:54 pm »
               Grain runoff on belly like others have said Eddie......bob
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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2007, 02:11:27 pm »
  David,The grain runoff is why it broke.But the main reason is it was a kids bow and a full grown man pulled it back too far.
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Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2007, 02:28:58 pm »
Eddy:

Sorry, I had not read all of the post before I replied.  My Bad Eddy.

The reason I thought that the bow might have been strung backwards is this.
A few weeks back I finished a bow for a 19 year old young man.
He has never shot a bow and knows nothing about them.
I strung the bow up for him and gave him a few shooting lessions.
After a while we stopped.  I unstrung the bow and we set down outside and were shooting the breeze when I had to run into the house for a few minutes.  When I came out he was attempting to string the bow.  Backwards.  I yelled STOP.  Thankfully, he did and no harm was done.

I then realised that this young man was going to need a lot more lessons about bows.
He is a fine young man that has matured above his raising.  I will continue to give him lessons.

David

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Offline GregB

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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2007, 02:34:09 pm »

I think selfbows are like people in many ways...varying personalities. Some bows due to flaws in their character either natural or learned, can't emotionally handle the stress of all the weight they're being asked to control, so they commit...bow suicide, forever ending the everyday stesses associated with being a bow.  ;D ;D ;D

I'm sorry, felt like dishing out a little silliness for a change. ;)

I agree with the grain running off comments. ;)
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Re: Why did this bow break?#2
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2007, 07:04:31 pm »
   Hah,Hah, Hah,I love it Greg.It was a shame,because the bow shot real good for a little kid.
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