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Offline Caius

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Crack!
« on: March 29, 2011, 12:42:43 am »
Depressing... First bow, get a long string on it, pull it taught, then when i go to check the weight, snap.

The crack is thin, on the back and one side. Halfway up a limb. Can I save it? With a backing or something?

Its an 80" piece of maple grain is straight and everything.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 12:46:21 am »
Crack kills.

Post a pic, we'll give our best advice, but things don't sound so good.

Good luck.
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 01:27:43 am »
is the crack horizontal or vertical?
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 01:36:57 am »
if its 80" long
depending on where it is
you might be able to cut it off and still have a good bow length piece of wood
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 01:49:10 am »
  A crack across the back is bad! How far did you pull it when it cracked?
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Offline Caius

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 06:05:25 am »
About 45* to the horizontal on the back and a little more vertical on the side.
I probably will try to cut it off...
And 11"
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 01:03:48 pm »
80" seems pretty long to break on the long string tillering.  Where you hinging it pretty bad?
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Offline Caius

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 01:40:50 pm »
Thats what I thought azznboi, I looked closely this morning and I saw that I had effed up when I was planing the side and must have created a fracture... I digress, about 55" is useable, is that too short for a 33" draw?
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Offline spinney

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2011, 01:53:29 pm »
Quote from: Caius on March 29, 2011, 01:40:50 pm
about 55" is useable, is that too short for a 33" draw?

Much too short!

Spinney.
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Offline Caius

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2011, 01:54:44 pm »
Whats the max draw I can get on it?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2011, 03:12:57 pm »
14 inches max. Jawge
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Offline NTD

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2011, 03:53:41 pm »
If the maple is a good piece, good grain, decent density , and you tiller it well,  I don't see any reason you couldn't get 24-25" draw from a 55" bow.  Especially if you do a bend through the handle.

14" Jawge???  Was that a typo?  Even if you did a non bending handle with 8" of non working wood that leaves you 23.5" limbs take 10% away from that and you still have an almost 22" draw even going by that conservative standard that seems to float around.  Go with a bend through the handle bow and 24-25" should be easy....

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Offline Caius

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Re: Crack!
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2011, 04:01:06 pm »
Okay thanks guys, I just cut off the broken limb and its depressingly short :(
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