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Offline BowEd

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #15 on: February 29, 2016, 09:34:36 am »
Hoping the best for ya and am curious if it works for ya.Been there too.They are like phantoms that keep returning most times though.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #16 on: February 29, 2016, 10:06:26 am »
Those could have been left totally alone. Those aren't compression fractures.
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #17 on: February 29, 2016, 10:44:00 am »
Pearl, now you tell me. Hopefully I won't lose to much weight. The limb was a little thick there anyway but I think that was because of the knot. It humps up on the back.
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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #18 on: February 29, 2016, 11:04:41 am »
You have to work mightily to make osage fret. I've seen it one or two times in my life. And I've seem some damn nasty tillered osage bows.
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Offline John Scifres

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #19 on: February 29, 2016, 11:59:03 am »
Are those on the belly or the back?  The pics look like the back.
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #20 on: February 29, 2016, 12:11:47 pm »
Cracks are in belly.
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Offline John Scifres

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #21 on: February 29, 2016, 12:29:25 pm »
How much reflex did you add in that area?
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #22 on: February 29, 2016, 01:42:31 pm »
About 2 inches I'd say in the 15 inch span.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #23 on: February 29, 2016, 02:24:36 pm »
You could add a rawhide patch or do a sinew wrap.
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #24 on: February 29, 2016, 06:45:45 pm »
Well I blended in what I scraped off. Didn't have to do any additional tillering.  Shot her 30-40 times and shot pretty good. No cracks showed back up so I tru oiled back up. Im very hopeful, the bow shoots pretty dang good. I will make a post once I got her complete.
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #25 on: February 29, 2016, 08:21:24 pm »
Just for some perspective, I have successfully patched weak places on the belly and even thinned a limb and added a whole new belly. i hate to give up on a bow that can be saved.

Here are some photos of one I patched. I've been shooting it for around 4 years. It shoots great. 44# at 28".
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #26 on: February 29, 2016, 08:37:55 pm »
Jim that's a pretty cool fix. I will remember that one.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #27 on: February 29, 2016, 09:28:58 pm »
Sorry if I led you astray. I didn't catch the bit where you said you had reflexed the bow there. If they happened from that then I agree, they aren't a big deal. Good luck and show us the bow when it's done.
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Offline Arrowbuster

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #28 on: February 29, 2016, 09:49:26 pm »
Not a problem Weylin. I appreciate your input.
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Offline bubby

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Re: I knew it was to good to be true.
« Reply #29 on: February 29, 2016, 10:19:16 pm »
I'm sorry about that too i also missed that you reflexed it there
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