Dry Fired My Bow

[burn em up chuck]

 I've been told that would happen, but have never seen the result. thanks for posting

                                                                             chuck

[JackCrafty]

 

[JW_Halverson]

It is so sad when one so young and beautiful is taken from us before it's time.  A tragedy, indeed, when you reflect on the life they would have had together and the wonderful times they will never get to live out. 

I think this calls for a few moments of silent reflection or prayer.  May this senseless tragedy never happen again.




John Halverson
President,
B.A.D.F.
Bowyers Against Dry Firing

[Mark Smeltzer]

Now I'm laughing thanks JW.

Mark

[kleinpm]

I dry fired a gull wing osage/sinew about a month ago. I am not sure how I managed to not actually knock the arrow. It scared the crap out of me and the hand shock stung my hand but the bow is no worse for wear.

After feeling the after affects of the dry fire I now understand how it can damage a bow.

Patrick

[toomanyknots]

That sucks so bad. Thank you for sharing though, it really shows the effects dry firing can have.

[tallpine]

Man, that's a real heart breaker, makes me ill and it's not even my bow. My condolences Mark 

[Gordon]

Dang, and I really liked that bow. I know how you feel, I broke a favorite bow a couple of years ago by dry firing.

[bigcountry]

I saved one like that with a sleeve.  worth it.

[Mark Smeltzer]

Thanks for the kind words, I'm a little bummed but it was my own fault I knew those nocks were way to loose. I'm going to look at  it again and see if I can save it. Funny thing......this is the second time that bow has been in two pieces, it started off as two billets.  Thanks.

Mark

[mikekeswick]

Forget the sleeve it's too close to the fade. You need 2 inches inside a sleeve.
It can be fixed tho! What you need to do is to use another piece of wood 8 inches long. Cut both ends of it to be the male members of a v splice. The female cuts should be into whats left of the handle and of course into the limb/fade. A v splice will take the bend into the fade no problem. Heck it will look butt ugly  but will work and at least it will have a story to tell. All Turkish hornbow are joined this way just in case you think i'm suggesting something tha

[mikekeswick]

t won't work!

[PatM]

You would likely still want to re-sinew the back of the splice and add a thin veneer on the belly side in that scenario.

[Mark Smeltzer]

I'm thinking what Mike said is right about the sleeve fix, just not enough there but I dont think I want a butt ugly bow hanging around so I'm going to leave it as is for a while to remind me to never be so lazy (not putting serving on that string) again.
I'll go to the wood stash and dig out some more Yew and start again.

Mark

[Marc St Louis]

You can salvage the bow but not with a 2 piece take-down rather a 3 piece like the one I wrote about in the PA magazine many years ago