Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bearbowman on March 12, 2009, 02:08:46 pm
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well here you go guys, these are the pictures you wanted to see. i hope someone can tell me what might have happened.
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Well I guess what happened is it broke ;) :D
Looks like a tension failure due to bad grain in the board, back the next one with linen or silk.
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yea, looks like the grain ran off the side and it came off clean...
next time check your boards grain and try not to get anything like that again :P
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I bought it from a supplier. I don't want to mention who it is because they are very reputable.
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Wondering what the belly side looked like.
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That's some poor grain on that board. You need straight grained boards. Info on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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It is a tension failure but it doesn't look like it is because the grain was bad, even though the grain is bad. It broke straight across and that tells me it was a faulty stave, probably not seasoned correctly.
I would contact the dealer and send him pics and see what he says.
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The dealer states that as soon as a tool touches it the warranty is gone. I will still try to contact them but thier warranty is pretty blunt.
thanks, guys
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I for one would like to know the name of company who sold it to you. please send me a PM although I usually pick up my staves from the side of the road that i drive on everyday (when they trim for powerlines) but I still buy things from venders over the internet and do not want to support the Co. that sells that as a workable stave. thanks
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I wouldn't buy from a company with that definite of a rule. They could sell you crap and blame you for the screw-up. You would do better going to Lowe's or Home Depot.
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Al tho the grain don't look that good I think it was to dry or dry rot,the way it broke straight across.
I have run into that a lot and now if I have any question on a stave I take a small sliver off of it and do a bend test ,if it breaks like pop corn across the back I make fire wood out of it. Had some
hickory and ash act the same way.I figured it was the place I had seasoned it,not out in the weather
but under an open shed and most white wood will dry rot very quick.Sorry about your luck but it happens. :)
Pappy
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Yeah, I would have to agree with the rest, not the best grain. I had an osage bow do this a couple of months of go that the grain was not the issue but it had a pocket of dry rot inside the limb and blew with the same results after a few hundred shots. If memory is right, didn't you re-tiller that limb after shooting it in for a little while? Dust yourself off and get going on another :)
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yeah I did do a little scraping on that limb. Not much.
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I still think the grain is the main issue. Was it recommended by the seller to back it with anything? I sure wouldn't let this stop you from moving forward and building a better bow. Good luck!
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don't feel bad :-[
here's two of four bows that went bang one after the other due to a bad batch of hickory :'(
and one I might just save..... ???
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/africanman2/bow%20tools/DSC_2165600.jpg)
pulling the backing off two ELB's and replacing with boo flo
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I already have a black walnut stave almost floor tillered. I'm going to keep at it.