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Offline upstatenybowyer

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And another one bites the dust
« on: March 25, 2017, 09:49:27 am »
As one of our esteemed members likes to say, "if you ain't breakin' you ain't makin." Well, I must be makin' then! This HHB bow would have been cool, but I knew I was running a risk when a small knick on the back splintered during tillering. I attempted to save it by gluing it back down and putting cherry bark over it. The toasted belly probably didn't help either as it undoubtedly put more stress on the back. Oh well, live and learn.  :)
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2017, 10:03:52 am »
I know that drill , next case Sucks , that's why I have 5 ruffed out bows on my wall ready to go , If you ever run into that again I have combed flax that I will send you that would solve that problem with TB3  a small tapper patch
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Offline DC

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2017, 11:40:38 am »
That was lookin' good. I guess cherry bark isn't quite that strong :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2017, 11:53:11 am »
Bummer, especially since you went to the trouble to back prior to the blow out. These things happen. :)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2017, 12:27:38 pm »
That would have been a cool one upstate. A bit on the challenging side. Just curious it didn't break by a splice in cherry bark did it?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2017, 12:40:46 pm »
Thanks for the consolation boys.

SB, I may take you up on that flax thing one day.
DC, yup. Cherry bark is good, but it's no cure-all.
BB, didn't take too long to add the backing, so its all good.
bj, good question. I just looked and no, it didn't. This particular bark was on the thinner side. The stuff I sent you is  a bit thicker. It did look sweet on HHB. I thought you should be the first one to post an HHB w/ cherry bark anyway! ;)
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Offline clewis

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2017, 02:29:09 pm »
Those curves are awesome, nice and sharp. Did you have any splinters lifting when steaming them in? Looking forward to seeing more of your work, hhb is such an awesome bow wood.
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Offline simson

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2017, 03:38:31 pm »
sorry for that bummer!
I see, it was a special one, so bad it cracked.
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Offline Redhand

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2017, 03:43:02 pm »
man that's a bummer, it looked like it had character.  It would of been nice to see it bend. 
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Offline gfugal

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2017, 04:56:24 pm »
Quote from: Stick Bender on March 25, 2017, 10:03:52 am
I know that drill , next case Sucks , that's why I have 5 ruffed out bows on my wall ready to go , If you ever run into that again I have combed flax that I will send you that would solve that problem with TB3  a small tapper patch
Where do you get your combed flax
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2017, 05:21:20 pm »
It came from Belgium I will look where I got it it was on back order for 5 months, before I got it from a spinning store just don't  remember the name off hand
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Offline rps3

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2017, 09:01:05 pm »
Too bad. I feel for you. That has happened more often than not for me and hhb. Looks to be not very wide and kinda thick?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2017, 09:57:10 pm »
rps3, I haven't had a whole lot of success with HHB either. It's been hard to find a really nice piece of it. Yeah, it was from a sapling so I couldn't get much width and I wanted something in the upper 40s so I kept some thickness. I'm sure all of this contributed to its demise.  :-K
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Offline gfugal

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2017, 11:35:47 pm »
Here's a question. It looks like the belly is intact still and i've heard that some glue bonds are stronger than the wood. Its a guarenteed perfect fit so what if you glued it back to gether and backed it with something strong like flax. I know that sounds crazy but has anyone tried?
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Offline DuBois

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Re: And another one bites the dust
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2017, 12:05:38 am »
Man that is a bummer. That had some real curves.
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