Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Caius on March 29, 2011, 12:42:43 am
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Depressing... First bow, get a long string on it, pull it taught, then when i go to check the weight, snap.
The crack is thin, on the back and one side. Halfway up a limb. Can I save it? With a backing or something?
Its an 80" piece of maple grain is straight and everything.
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Crack kills.
Post a pic, we'll give our best advice, but things don't sound so good.
Good luck.
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is the crack horizontal or vertical?
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if its 80" long
depending on where it is
you might be able to cut it off and still have a good bow length piece of wood
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A crack across the back is bad! How far did you pull it when it cracked?
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About 45* to the horizontal on the back and a little more vertical on the side.
I probably will try to cut it off...
And 11"
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80" seems pretty long to break on the long string tillering. Where you hinging it pretty bad?
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Thats what I thought azznboi, I looked closely this morning and I saw that I had effed up when I was planing the side and must have created a fracture... I digress, about 55" is useable, is that too short for a 33" draw?
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about 55" is useable, is that too short for a 33" draw?
Much too short!
Spinney.
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Whats the max draw I can get on it?
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14 inches max. Jawge
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If the maple is a good piece, good grain, decent density , and you tiller it well, I don't see any reason you couldn't get 24-25" draw from a 55" bow. Especially if you do a bend through the handle.
14" Jawge??? Was that a typo? Even if you did a non bending handle with 8" of non working wood that leaves you 23.5" limbs take 10% away from that and you still have an almost 22" draw even going by that conservative standard that seems to float around. Go with a bend through the handle bow and 24-25" should be easy....
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Okay thanks guys, I just cut off the broken limb and its depressingly short :(