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Offline Okie

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'nother new one... UPDATE!!!! BLOW UP
« on: November 11, 2009, 11:21:45 am »
Here's another BBO I just got finished. It is accented with IPE. Specs are...50#@28", 64"ntn.
This will be my last bamboo backed bow off of my current form. I am going to go with more R/D on my new form. Thanks to David for helping me on the design, although it won't be as much R/D as his are. I am currently working on a new selfbow as well. It sure feels good to get back to scapin' some 'Sage. It should be done soon. Hope you enjoy.
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Re: 'nother new one...
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 11:32:52 am »
Danged nice and inspiring! Looks like you've been busy for awhile judging by the bow rack behind you :).
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Offline Dano

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Re: 'nother new one...
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 11:34:23 am »
Real purty John, you do nice work!!
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Re: 'nother new one...
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 11:38:16 am »
Paul, that's only what my wife will let me keep in the house... the rest is in the shop. ;D
Thanks Dano, you're one of the guys that inspire me to build bows!
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Offline adb

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Re: 'nother new one...
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 11:42:58 am »
Well, that's just a drop dead gorgeous bow! Very nice work.
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 12:12:46 pm »
nice bow man!!  love the handle riser lams!  :)  -josh
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: 'nother new one...
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 01:46:52 pm »
Super nice!  You should be proud of that one!  I like the black and yellow one, but I think I like this one even better.  If you get tired of it you can send it my way! ;)
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2009, 01:55:39 pm »
oh god, you're giving me the laminate bug...get outa here!
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Offline Okie

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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2009, 10:10:26 am »
Well S#@!*!!!! Glad this was the last one off this form... She blew up last night while I was shooting it. Started hearing a ticking sound, and Pow! Does anyone see anything wrong with the top limb? It popped about mid limb. I'll try to get pics up later. It broke about 3/4" below a node.
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Re: 'nother new one... UPDATE!!!! BLOW UP
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2009, 10:14:47 am »
That's to bad,it looked good to me.  :(
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Offline TBod

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Re: 'nother new one... UPDATE!!!! BLOW UP
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2009, 10:28:25 am »
It looked so perfect, sorry to hear.

It would be really interesting and educational to find out why it broke. Midlimb is where this designs do most work I guess.
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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2009, 10:28:46 am »
Looks like there was a few knots mid limb, but tiller looked great. Was this some of that osage Tommy and Terry had. Man, I hate to see all that hard work ruined. :'(
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Offline Okie

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Re: 'nother new one... UPDATE!!!! BLOW UP
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2009, 11:27:08 am »
Yea Dano, that was a board I got from Tommy, but I don't think it had anything to do with the Osage, there were no knots in the immediate area of the break.. I'm thinking it was maybe a bad glue spot. It was making a ticking sound, so I kept shooting it to make it blow. I'm going to inspect the boo when I get home, but I don't think there was any flaws in it where it blew. KnightD spotted a hingy spot 8-10" out of the top fade before I even talked to him or told him where it broke. Thanks again for the help David.
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Re: 'nother new one... UPDATE!!!! BLOW UP
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2009, 12:30:14 pm »
I don't know, tiller looks good to me. You mentioned the failure was close to a node. I've stopped using bamboo for this very reason. Bamboo is so labour intensive, and inconsistent in my opinion. Hickory, maple and ash are my preferred backing materials these days. I live in a very dry climate also, and have a lot of checking with bamboo.
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« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2009, 02:17:37 pm »
I just like to blame Tommy for everything I can ;D. It was good Oklahoma hedge I'm sure that wasn't the cause. David is prolly on to it, looking at that spot now it does look weaker, but maybe just cause you said that. ::) I'm not so dead against the bamboo, you just have to be careful where ya get it.
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