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Online Eric Krewson

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I wonder if it will hold up?
« on: May 13, 2015, 08:08:40 pm »
Years ago when I was making this bow I strung it up and the tip over lay came off one side and pulled a 4" chunk of wood out of the back on the overlay side that the glue was still stuck to. I threw the almost tillered bow in the corner and forgot about it. Lately I have been splicing mismatched billets and digging through piles of half completed projects where I found this damaged bow from long ago.

I needed a project so I ground the back of the bow off below the missing wood and put on a patch/extra long overlay. My patch is mostly to one grain except on the leading edge, feathered out to very thin wood where it joins the limb and glued on with Unibond.

I have tillered the bow for the most part, with a lot of pulls on my tillering tree, there are no signs of failure so far. Hopefully I can resurrect this lost cause, time will tell.

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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2015, 08:11:43 pm »
very creative save,, hope it holds,,  :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2015, 08:27:12 pm »
Nicely done, the transition looks smooth and attractive. Be interesting to see how it holds up, keep us posted.
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Offline bubby

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2015, 09:07:20 pm »
It will hold some of my bows have a 5-6" glued on with TB with the nocks past the end of the stave and hold with no problem
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Offline Drewster

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2015, 09:24:06 pm »
It looks good.  Keep us posted.
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Offline Badger

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2015, 09:46:19 pm »
  I think it will hold if the outer limb is stiff.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2015, 11:25:18 pm »
I hope it works. Nice fix, Eric. Jawge
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2015, 11:32:26 pm »
Nice save Eric
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Offline Bullitt

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2015, 11:16:19 am »
You do good work, Eric!  I would be happy to shoot it!

Have you seen Gary Davis' s  "Plywood" bow?
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Offline Knoll

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Re: I wonder if it will hold up?
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2015, 11:32:03 am »
Quote from: bubby on May 13, 2015, 09:07:20 pm
It will hold some of my bows have a 5-6" glued on with TB with the nocks past the end of the stave and hold with no problem
Quote from: Badger on May 13, 2015, 09:46:19 pm
I think it will hold if the outer limb is stiff.
Based on my bit of experience ....... what they said.
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