HINGE HELP

Badwithabow · January 29, 2011, 08:53:00 PM

well i just kinda completed my 1st hatchet bow not a power tool one touched her.and i'm in love however i don't have a tiller tree or nothin and i have a bad hinge at full draw any insight here??/

Can i wrap it in something like b50??? or anything to save her i mean she shoots great and all just don't want her to break

macbow · January 29, 2011, 09:32:00 PM

looks a little scary. I'd suggest removing some wood below the hinge to relieve it some. might effect overall tiller and weight. Then maybe a wrap to help strengthen it or some rawhide on the back?
Ron

Roy from Pa · January 29, 2011, 09:45:00 PM

If it were mine, I would start another bow.

George Tsoukalas · January 29, 2011, 10:43:00 PM

Me too. I'd start another. Jawge

Pat B · January 29, 2011, 10:57:00 PM

Me too. Start another.

vanillabear? · January 29, 2011, 11:07:00 PM

Yikes!

John Lipinski · January 29, 2011, 11:59:00 PM

I would be very afraid to bring that bad boy to full draw; what's it pulling? But yeah, I'd start over.

KellyG · January 30, 2011, 01:45:00 AM

Make a simple tree and a gizmo. The tree can be a broom stick with notches cut in ever inch. Then someting wide enough to keep the bow on the end. A scrap piece of 2x4 would be better that is cut an inch or two over your draw lenght.

Osagetree · January 30, 2011, 10:58:00 AM

Toast!

horseapple · January 30, 2011, 11:27:00 AM

pop tart

bigcountry · January 30, 2011, 12:56:00 PM

I spent many hours trying to salvage hinge bows. Anymore, its easier to start another.

Art B · January 30, 2011, 01:21:00 PM

It would be a good time to learn to repair hinges if nothing else guys.

First, we need a pic of the bow unstrung with a side profile shot. Was there a natural hinge there to begin with? Any frets on the belly in that area yet?

Art

SEMO_HUNTER · January 30, 2011, 06:23:00 PM

I'd say it's fubar'd but I also agree with Art. See what you can do with it, afterall it's already trashed so what else could you possibly do to it?

I'd try some underlays throughout the entire bow, then retiller the whole thing. Maybe some nice Osage underlays would look sweet? Yella wood under that white/blond wood would be kinda cool.....Yes?

Run it through a planer belly side up and plane that side flat then do the same thing with your underlay and glue them both together with TBIII and retiller it. That's what I would do if I just wanted to experiment with a broken bow such as this one.

7 Lakes · January 30, 2011, 06:42:00 PM

Little kids got to have bows too.

Without being able to see it, I'd measure the hinge from belly to back and remove all belly wood that even comes close to that measurement along both limbs. The hinge will now be the thickest part of the limb with a taper to the end.

Now.... even though the hinge is the thickest part of both limbs it will probably still be the weakest so tiller accordingly.

I think we are probably talking about a small, small kids bow. But practice makes....

PS
Do this before putting another string on it.

Roy Steele · January 30, 2011, 08:00:00 PM

I would say chalk that one up to exsperance and move on to the next bow.

H8nonCubs · January 31, 2011, 12:14:00 AM

Tough man tough. All the work of a hatchet bow is definitely something to be proud of. Like macbow said try and work it out the best you can and wrap it or rawhide. You could still feep it primitive with the rawhide or even sinew maybe. Good luck and tough break(no pun intended)

don s · January 31, 2011, 12:26:00 AM

start another, but why not try and wrap some rawhide around the hinge.
don

Ricky Wallace · January 31, 2011, 01:50:00 AM

Marshmallow fire wood!

Blue EagleBum · February 01, 2011, 12:51:00 AM

I have to agree with Art B. Ride it out and see. My first board bow break, I attempted to make a take-down out of. Which ended up breaking too. Yet, I learned more from that bow and experience, than I have on any other. Experimentation broadens knowledge.

hova · February 01, 2011, 11:27:00 AM

well said eaglebum. even though youre chances are mostly kids bow or firewood , youll learn a whole lot.

youre almost makin...lol...cause youre almost breakin. its all part of the process.

if that was mine , id make it a 20# monster, maybe like a molle or holmie , and shoot really light phragmite arrows out of it. simply for fun all day target practice or form practice.

or kids bows. shop it down to 50" , and that hinge will be midlimb and easier to work with.

whatever you do , think it through before you go farther. you can salvage this , but its most likely not going to make legal hunting weight.

looked great though , keep it up

-hov