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Title: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: hillbilly61 on May 31, 2011, 05:41:44 pm

Finished tillering a flatbow (found a way so my knee don't hurt) and it came in at 40# at 26" I was thinking of sinewing it and was asking questions in another thread Decided not to sinew it, and took it out to shoot it in. Shot maybe 10 times and it exploded. :o :-[ A sore jaw later and I have firewood. The bow is (was) a white oak selfbow  55" ttt  handle 1 1/4 wide 4"  1 1/2 fades tapering to 2" parallel to 8" from tips and tapering t0 3/4" with 1/4" pin knocks. I reckon I can cut the handle off, sand it down and reuse it ::)
 
 
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Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: Weylin on May 31, 2011, 06:08:32 pm

Bummer man  :( That makes me nervous to bring my oak board bow to full draw...

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: half eye on May 31, 2011, 06:27:38 pm

Hell and damnation Mark !!!!! it does look to the old man that ya got a pin knot running edge to edge dead center in the break though, maybe could have been the responsible gremlin. That's too bad, sir.
rich

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: HatchA on May 31, 2011, 06:36:06 pm

Quote from: hillbilly61 on May 31, 2011, 05:41:44 pm

A sore jaw later and I have firewood.

Did it smack your jaw?  Shame it broke - looked like a nice bow.  Hope you don't lose any teeth from it ;)

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: hillbilly61 on May 31, 2011, 08:45:39 pm

 Rich... Danged if ya aint right. Just went out and looked close at it. Wonder why I didn't see that from the beginning? ???

HatchA...Naaaa all still there. Got a bruise along the jaw line :-\

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: Lee Slikkers on May 31, 2011, 09:05:34 pm

Sorry to read this bud...been there enough lately myself.  Hang in there and get back up on that horse and ride!

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: blackhawk on May 31, 2011, 09:53:44 pm

Im no expert,but I don't think sinew would've held a horizontal to the back pin knot in such a high stressed area by the fade. But who knows and one can only speculate and guess that. But I think you made a wise choice to not sinew and saved yourself a lot of work and even more trouble. To me sinew should go on a "worthy" of such honors stave. That one was knot. Im sure you got the ice pack out. Better your jaw than an eye.  :-\

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: hillbilly61 on May 31, 2011, 11:56:59 pm

Thanks Lee..As soon as I get this surgery out of the way, I'll get back up to speed

blackhawk......I'm glad I didn't. I think I would have been more upset about loosing the sinew ;) ;D

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: George Tsoukalas on June 01, 2011, 12:29:47 am

The knot and too short a bow = disaster. Info on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

Title: Re: Pop Goes The Weasle
Post by: hillbilly61 on June 01, 2011, 11:59:45 am

  George....with my draw at 25.5" and double that + 10% = 56" plus keeping it wide. Shouldn't that have made a good knot free bow? ??? I will go read that and TBB thank you. Always looking to improve ;)