Pin Cherry Bow

[paulsemp]

Your wife deserves an award for that one! Sucks that happened but I am still laughing!

[Will H]

What's the Ol sayin... If you ain't breakin u ain't makin... Oh well. Go grab some sage and get back on the horse.

[bow101]

Oh well, lesson learned and proved to you and us all, although cherry makes nice furniture wood..!

[BowEd]

I think that braced tiller looks good.No full draw pic so can't tell.Must of been working too much on the inner limbs by where it broke or did it migrate from somewhere else like the handle?.Or just a bad spot in limb there.Well your way ahead of the average I'd say for successful bows anyway.That still is a heck of a picture your wife caught.
The sinew from that ERC that delaminated on me turned into a shallow C like an Asiatic bow.Still got wood stuck to it throughout the length of the sinew.Turn it around to brace and it looks like a strung Asiatic bow profile......LOL.I hung it up in the kitchen on an antler rack for a conversation piece....LOL.

[blackhawk]

Onebow...I do have a very thin soul...this ain't my first,second,third etc..to blow...well you get the point. Its really no big deal...I was just glad my wife got it captured on film.

Thanks Bryce...glad I could entertain ya

Thanks 4est...yup..this is the reality of building bows...I've had my fair share go as well...I still don't do the safety glasses thing yet tho.

Greg not a whole lot of time really went into this one...it was a simple straightforward build,and I didn't have to get the heat gun out...I just made it as is. But I still had fun building it n shooting it while it lasted,and that's one of the things I really enjoy.

Paul I told my wife she deserves an award for getting that pic..it came out a lil blurry cus it was so loud and startled her as well...glad your laughing too

Yup will ole buddy I think I'm gonna go grab me an osage stave now


Bow101..the lesson is cherry is too brash and a last resort wood...if you live in an area that has 3 dozen better available woods..why use it? Can it make a bow? Sure..but its like a box of cracker jacks...ta never know what your gonna get inside...too unpredictable when I have so many other woods that have a much higher success rate.

[burn em up chuck]

   That picture is one for the archives, aaawwsome!!!

    Ok, when you have a tension fracture does that mean you could back it, and the belly was stronger in compression than the back in tension?

                                                             chuck

[hedgeapple]

Chis, with it's break do to a tension fracture, do you think that cherry would work with a sinew back?

[autologus]

Sure was pretty while it lasted.

Grady

[Badly Bent]

Yeah, never put cherry on my list to try even though its abundant here, probably forgo an attempt at it myself. I have enough trouble
with the more tolerant woods let alone something fickle. Not trashing cherry as a bow just not confident I want to try a wood that will
fail if I made a few mistakes and unlike you Chris Im pretty slow at building a bow no matter what bow design or wood I choose.

[Trapper Rob]

That was a sweet looking bow.
Rob

[Hrothgar]

One of the best action shots I've ever seen! That was a beauty.

[ionicmuffin]

Hey, remember guys, if you aint breaking you aint making! even blackhawk needs to break a few to be a bowyer!

[blackhawk]

Chuck..most all cherries are just plain weak in tension...they are ok enough in compression,and there can be several factors that can lead to a tension break

Dave I think some cherries wood be ok with a sinew back and wood be a fine bow,but I think there's still other better woods to use sinew on than cherry...I'm sure sinew would've held this one together if 3 or more courses were used to take ALL the tension,but I doubt rawhide would've even kept this one together.

Thanks Grady..yeah it was pretty,and cherry finishes really nice under a finish

Yeah dont waste your time Greg


Thanks rob.....WAS is the key word...lol

Yup Hrothgar...glad we got that shot


Yes muffinman....I am human and I do break wood just like everyone else...its inevitable,and if you continue to make bows its bound to happen eventually no matter how well you design and tiller a piece of wood.

[osage outlaw]

Let just hope your build-a-long bow doesn't end up like that. 

[RyanY]

Ha. Way to make some fun out of a bad break. Looked really good. Too bad it didn't work out. It sure is the worst to have one break even after shooting and finishing.