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Had my bow blow up on me yesterday. It is about a year and a half old and I just got a new set of longbow limbs for it. Have any of you had this happen and if so what should I expect the response from the bowyer. It looks like a glue line letgo and it is outside the one year warrenty.
Hope it didn't whack you--- that does look like a craftsmanship issue with the riser, your bowyer should make it right.
without revealing the bowyer. what is his warranty? don
If it is out of warrenty then the bowyer has no obligation to fix it. Chances are he will though.
It appears that he relied too much on the maple in the footing to holdup and maybe a glue failure also.
Of coarse you won't know until you ask the bowyer.
Are the new limbs from the same bowyer. If so i think he should consider some kind of deal.
Sometimes you can get a 50% on the riser or something to that effect.
If its out of warranty the bowyer doesn't have to fix it but if I bought it new I would expect it to last much longer than a year and would hope they would work out some type of deal. On the other hand if the new limbs were from anoter supplier I doubt they will do anything since the new limbs may not be correctly made for the original riser design/strength.
All the components are made by the same bowyer. I sent the whole bow to the bowyer to have a set of limbs reduced in weight and to have the longbow limbs made. I recieved it in the mail unpacked it and shot the recurve reduced weight limbs, then put on the longbow limbs. I set the brace height at 6.5 inches and started shooting. I shot about twenty arrows when it blew. I have a nice bruise on my side, chest and the tip of my nose has a bruise on it. I am lucky, because my 5 yo girl was standing behind me watching. I would not expect a riser to let go after a year and I have never missused it.
I would think he would make things right for you.
I see nothing more than a wood failure. Its why I put a verticle 1/4 in phenolic I beam in all my risers. I honestly do not see any bowyer design failure here. the wood is just not strong enough for the pressure. I cannot speak for another bowyer but I would replace it if I built the bow.
God bless you and good luck, Steve
I think he would definitely make it right. May be a wood failure or a glue failure.
If it were something I made whether wood or glue line failure I would at least offer to try and fix it. Or a discount on a new one if it was not repairable.
That really sucks man, I hope you reach a good middle ground and get your bow fixed.
Hard to see for sure, but it looks like the glue line on the footing swoop failed and the small amount of wood left in the throat once that went had to blow too.
There is an amazing amount of pressure going on in a bow.