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Post by BT on Apr 23, 2007 19:58:12 GMT -5
The bows a goner .......... If I come by another I'll send it along  |
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Post by easternhunter on Apr 23, 2007 21:02:04 GMT -5
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Post by stilllearning on Apr 23, 2007 21:11:16 GMT -5
I don't think I have had that much fun in a while. We will find another some day.
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Post by smj on Apr 23, 2007 22:57:28 GMT -5
What do you think the reason was for the limb to fail? Over drawing? Was there a chip in the glass? Flaw in the wood? Old age? Also, what was the draw weight on it again? If it was a light draw, we could try to fix it. However, nothing is for sure on that! It would help to understand why it let go to begin with. To attempt a fix, I might be able to send you a couple things that would help... I will need to talk with my pal Tom, who makes some great glass bows! But again, why do you think it let go?
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Post by easternhunter on Apr 24, 2007 5:55:19 GMT -5
NAh....it was 30 lbs. 58" A.M.O.
After looking at it closer, it may have been age or over-drawing (but I know better than that, and SL wasn't drawing far enough either.....
Oh the crack can across the limb by 3/8" and the ran up down the limb toward the fade by about 1 inch.....this was approx. 6" from the fades on the lower limb too!
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Post by smj on Apr 24, 2007 7:23:59 GMT -5
So - do you want to try to fix it?
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Post by stilllearning on Apr 24, 2007 9:39:55 GMT -5
smj do you think it is possible to fix? I always thought when a limb cracked it was done and should be put up for decoration.
Very interesting stuff here. I learn almost as much stuff from this site as I do from Eastern. But don't tell him I said that.
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Post by easternhunter on Apr 24, 2007 10:13:11 GMT -5
SMJ...sure if you got some ideas, I'm all ears...I may learn something. I was thinking of thinning some epoxy and warming it, to see if I could get that crack to drink it in...would that work?
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Post by BT on Apr 24, 2007 12:12:12 GMT -5
What about gorilla glue? That's the strongest stuff I have ever seen. See guys!....This is why I have a moderator who knows more than me  I'll just shut up now ;D |
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Post by easternhunter on Apr 24, 2007 12:48:25 GMT -5
Not sure that stuff will do BT.....I have epoxy here, so it MAY work, I dunno.
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(sniff) She was a good bow......at least she went giving SL and myself some good laughs in the process. 
