Why?

PEARL DRUMS · January 15, 2011, 12:43:00 PM

Why do I start building a bow when I know the grain is wrong? You would think after several failures a guy would learn...........but no! A buddy gave me a hickory blank he didnt want to start. I looked at it and knew the grain had too many run ups, I did it anyway and it broke at 40# @ 26" while tillering. Oh well....

Osagetree · January 15, 2011, 01:02:00 PM

Sorry to hear that. Have you tried a backing of wood or rawhide?

PEARL DRUMS · January 15, 2011, 01:11:00 PM

Oh yah. It needed a backing, but I didnt have one so I winged it. You see how far that got me! I did get a chance to try my new ferriers rasp, that thing moves wood around!

Aznboi3644 · January 15, 2011, 02:39:00 PM

I have a 57" hickory bow with probably 7-8 run outs on a limb and its at 45lb at 26" I chanced it and gave my faith to hickory's interlocking grain to hold.

I've now backed it with hemp for added durabilty when walking in the woods. No worries about damaging the back.

hova · January 15, 2011, 03:20:00 PM

got a piece of hickory as well , not so much runups , as grain puddles. it bends quite nice...

if you ever have something like that , i'd keep it a llow weight , low draw bow.

then again my red oak as a total of 23 runups/offs. shoots plenty marvelous for meh!

-hov

Green · January 15, 2011, 03:30:00 PM

Now that's funny Chris.....some of us are just hard headed enough to think we can beat conventional wisdom occasionally.

formerbutcher · January 15, 2011, 03:31:00 PM

Are these boards ?

PEARL DRUMS · January 15, 2011, 05:51:00 PM

Yes it was from a board. Not one I would have picked, but free sounded good to me!

formerbutcher · January 15, 2011, 06:03:00 PM

Yep, been there, best off to put it to the side and sart on something else !

1oldbowguy · January 15, 2011, 06:11:00 PM

Free is always good, but sometimes no so gooder!!!

PEARL DRUMS · January 15, 2011, 06:14:00 PM

It has been around for a year (for good reason). I just finished a nice youth bow and need to make a twin left hander, but I was tired of the little bows and decided to hop on that full size blank. I only had 3-4 hours into it, not much time spent on a "breaker".

hova · January 15, 2011, 07:46:00 PM

we dont call them breakers here pearl , we call them prototype take downs...

lol , if you aint breakin...

-hov

KellyG · January 16, 2011, 01:28:00 AM

Pearl Drums,
I once seen a T-shirt with a monkey who had one arm stump bandaged up. The other arm holding a stick of TNT.
Caption said "I am a slow learner"

I feel like that most of the time.
Kelly