Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: coaster500 on March 27, 2012, 07:18:11 pm
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A while back I met a new neighbor, Bob. After talking a bit I found out the he used to shoot years ago. A bit more conversation and he expressed and interest in building a bow. I gave him a Hackberry stave and helped him rough out a bow. A week later I saw him again and he said the bow broke when he drew it and that it had termites in it!!! Well stuff happens so I gave him another and he is currently working on it. Meanwhile I saw one that PatB built I liked it so much I built him copy cat out of a vine maple stave. I think it came out pretty good. I tillered it to 42@ 27 and put a couple of hundred arrows though. I went over to visit today only to find that it had exploded on poor Bob.... I felt bad and don't know what happened??? This is the first bow I've had blow so it was a suprise and a half but I guess it had to happen sooner or later...
Take a look and see what you think caused it?
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Bobs%20Bow/Bobsbow001-1.jpg)
This is a link to all the pictures
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Bobs%20Bow/?albumview=slideshow
This is the same vine maple in this post and shows the split on the back... I thought it would be OK he only draws 26" inches at best!!!
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,31773.0.html
Anyway I had a little Osage bow from a belly split that I had save for someone else but Bob's got it not and shoots it pretty good. Darn I'll have to build another for the other person :)
Click for the video of Bob's new bow... my wife does a much better job... I just noticed Bob is sidways!!!
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Bobs%20Bow/th_Bobsbow012-1.jpg) (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Bobs%20Bow/?action=view¤t=Bobsbow012-1.mp4)
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Nice bow, sorry about the failures. They happen.
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We all know how it feels to break them..... Glad your friend came out with a beauty of a bow though... ;D
Jon
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It does not look to me that it broke where it was cracked, but up in the limb. Is that right?
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Sorry bout your bad luck.The fracture looks kinda neat and not so jagged,could be a clue.
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Bevan it was no where near the crack so I don't know why it broke?
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When you give someone a bow, make sure it is tillered out to 36" draw. Seriously. 36"
If they pay for it, then you can get by with 26" to 28" draw lengths. The archers who pay good money are usually the ones who will take care of their stuff. If the bow was free, they always call their 7ft tall cousin to come over and break, uh..."test" the bow. ::)
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Clearly what happend is that the game animal you drew was severely overweight causing undue stress to that limb resulting in failure :(
Man that stinks, hate braking em.
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It is really hard when you are not there when it breaks. You really do not know what happened.
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Clearly what happend is that the game animal you drew was severely overweight causing undue stress to that limb resulting in failure :(
Man that stinks, hate braking em.
Lol! Soy, I've said it before and I will say it again, "you ain't right in the head!" I must say that is a pretty healthy critter depicted on the bow. Bummer about the run of bad luck. Glad to see he hasn't gotten discouraged . That would be the true tragedy . With the bows you've been turning out Coaster, there's no doubt that he is in good hands despite the set backs. Josh