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Offline Tiredtim

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Help with a hinge.
« on: October 12, 2013, 07:09:46 pm »
Any one have any advice on how to correct a hinge?
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 07:16:24 pm »
Remove wood from everywhere else... but then the bow may be too weak.
Flatten the area of the belly and rasp/file it down by say 1/8" tapered out to nothing over say a 6" length. Glue on a thin sliver of matching wood about 3/16 " thick. This sort of repair takes a fair bit of work getting the patch thin so it will flex and give a good glue line.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 08:28:15 pm »
Make another bow!  ;)
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2013, 10:12:35 pm »
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 11:39:58 pm »
Also check the other active thread on chrysalis-"Rawhide patch for some small chrysals?" Jawge
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Offline Mad Max

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2013, 12:48:22 am »
when you mess one up, learn and move on to another :)
I don't know :-\ where i learned that from  :o
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2013, 01:08:34 am »
Remove wood everywhere else and make a light weight bow - new bowyers are God's gift to child archers...
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Offline dbb

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2013, 07:12:48 am »
Quote from: Gordon on October 13, 2013, 01:08:34 am
Remove wood everywhere else and make a light weight bow - new bowyers are God's gift to child archers...

Agreed,i made my share of kids bows...unintentionaly  :-[ 8)
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Offline mullet

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2013, 12:27:38 pm »
Quote from: Gordon on October 13, 2013, 01:08:34 am
Remove wood everywhere else and make a light weight bow - new bowyers are God's gift to child archers...

All of the kids in my neighborhood shoot pretty bows. ;D
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Offline Tiredtim

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2013, 02:15:40 pm »
Ha! Yeah, that's what I figured. I'm going to try what Del said. I may have a pretty fire piece.  I'll post a picture to make sure I see a hinge.
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Offline Tiredtim

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Re: Help with a hinge.
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2013, 07:05:41 pm »
This is a hinge, right? 
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