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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Josh B on February 24, 2014, 12:59:45 am
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This was not a good weekend in the shop. Everything I touched turned to crap! >:( I worked on 4 different bows and botched something on every one. First up was a 52" ntn sinew backed Osage character bow. I'm within a couple inches of my goal of 50#@28" and it has developed a severe case of hand shock and string buzz. I have yet to figure out where the timing issue is. Being so close to full tiller and frustrated, I set it aside until I was feeling a bit more patient. (Sorry no pics yet) Next up was a little red elm five curve for a friends daughter. Exacto knife slipped while trimming the cloth backing strip and cut a strip out along the edge of the limb. No pics. Had a laminar separation on a snaky Osage d-bow. And last but not least, I was working on my wifes new bow, got it to brace and the back splintered. I did get a pic of that. Luckily, it had paper thin rings and i was able to chase another ring and possibly still be able to get 35# out of it. Just to be safe, it now has a rawhide back. Once I got the rawhide on, I closed the shop and went shooting with my kids. That went much better. Here's my youngest daughter holding my wifes new bow after the ring was chased and a pic of the back where it splintered. I hope you all had a more productive weekend! Josh
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Tough break! Cute kiddo. Nice curves on that bow
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Glad I am not the only one who is being stung by wood every time. Yew - checked like no-bodys business and its been 80% + humudity for as long as I can remember, elm wood pecker damage right into the heart, another elm way underweight and would just not take any strain very poor early to late, another elm chrysal badly, wrotten pocket of wood just under the surface, I could go on :-\
That bow looks great though!
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Ya I have had them days,thank goodness not to often. ;) :)
Pappy
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Sometimes it all seems to go south every time you pick one up. Has for me. Glad you got to shoot with your daughter though. Gotta cherish those times and just laugh at the rest.
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Hey Josh, least ya made it home in one piece and got time with the family, Sorry about the sticks though.
rich
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Sorry to here that man, that was mine last weekend. But that's why we have ice cold beverages. Glad shooting with the fam was great. Luckily there is always more wood to be worked :)
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Is a bad weekend in the shop better than a good weekend on the road? Hope your luck changes soon. See you in a few months ;)
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I noticed when I have a bad streak of bow making it is usually followed by a good streak. I hope it holds true for you too!
Patrick
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Yup... had one of those days in the shop last week, too. Cut the end of my thumb off changing the blade on my bandsaw, and broke another bow. So, I decided to take some time off and go visit my Grandson. I feel your pain brutha! Nice looking curves on that bow, and I'm glad you could save it. Good job.
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That's a real bummer trucker, crap happens in the bow shop buddy!
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I knew you guys would understand! Clint...a bad day at home is definitely better! ADB...ouch! I'll quit whining now. My weekend left me with all my body parts intact so I don't reckon it was that bad after all. It wasn't totally unproductive on Sunday. The 4H shoot got snowed out, so i used the time to make a couple dozen arrows for the club and some new strings for the club bows. The shooting time was good too. Here's Moyra(my youngest daughter) and my son Gunner. They are really improving fast. My son can't quit fiddling with his quiver that Rich made though! Lol! Josh
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Man, tell Moyra I'm gonna steal that quiver....that's just too cool 8)
rich
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Still looks like a good productive time well spent weekend to me buddy :D
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Its definitely good to know when to walk away. Way to persevere with your wife's bow it looks great! :)
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Hey Josh,
Bummer on the tough day. It seems we are not alone in havin them ::)
I am envious of the shooting day you all got. Snow here is over to my daughters head (no joke at all) and we are single digits and negative zero overnight at least until March.
I been itchin to get outdoors more and the kids are gettin VERY squirrely. They seem to think I'm a tree to climb all over ;D
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Those are some cool quivers those younguns' have there! No better way to salvage a bad day than shooting with the kids!
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to bad about the bows Josh, but good times with family means everything, great looking kids
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thanks for sharing your trouble Josh. It is nice to know Gun Doc has bad days too. I just had frets developed on a cascara hollow limb design I put a lot of time into.
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Thanks fellas! Shooting with my kids definitely lifted my spirits. Hey Carson, did you take any pics of those frets? I'm still trying to get my head wrapped around how the HLD distributes the tension and compression forces. Pics of frets and failures will tell a lot in that regard. Josh
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Sounds like someone was telling you to go shooting with the kids ;)
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Sounds like someone was telling you to go shooting with the kids ;)
Yes Sir! That's the view I've taken on the matter. I eventually realized it was a gentle nudge towards getting my priorities straight.
Rich, Moyra said she'd give you her sisters coyote quiver, but you can't have her skunk! Lol! I think she meant it! Josh
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Yeah, sometimes you just have to get out and go shooting with the kids. :)
Here are those frets. Not very good pics. This is right out of the fade just handle side of a spot I left a little stiff. :(
Interestingly the frets wrap around to the back of the bow too. My first mistake was attempting this design with cascara. ::)
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k633/Acer_circinatum/4-IMG_4010_zpsf21f840c.jpg) (http://s1119.photobucket.com/user/Acer_circinatum/media/4-IMG_4010_zpsf21f840c.jpg.html)
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k633/Acer_circinatum/3-IMG_4009_zps9f3943a7.jpg) (http://s1119.photobucket.com/user/Acer_circinatum/media/3-IMG_4009_zps9f3943a7.jpg.html)
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k633/Acer_circinatum/2-IMG_4007_zpsf409ea2c.jpg) (http://s1119.photobucket.com/user/Acer_circinatum/media/2-IMG_4007_zpsf409ea2c.jpg.html)
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Thanks for the pics Carson! I appreciate it. Your pics and Simson's pics are showing nearly identical stress failures. My original hypothesis on how the design works was no where near to even close to accurate. It looks to me as though the HLD has some limitations as to how far around the sides can wrap. That's good to know. Thanks again! Josh