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Title: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: bigcountry on June 19, 2010, 03:20:00 PM
Whats the trick to tell if TB is too old?  Something about smacking between your fingers.  If its gooy its soemthing, if not its somethign?

Got a patch of TB3 and need to do a rawhide glue up.  Guessing its over a year old.
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: Pat B on June 19, 2010, 03:23:00 PM
I'd say if it has been opened for more than a year it is old. Do a test and with rawhide and a bendy piece of the wood your bow is made of.
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: Osagetree on June 19, 2010, 07:49:00 PM
When in doubt!  :saywhat:
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: No-sage on June 20, 2010, 03:52:00 PM
Glue 2 pieces of wood together and see how it works.
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: bigcountry on June 20, 2010, 04:00:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by No-sage:
Glue 2 pieces of wood together and see how it works.
Ummm ok,
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: bigcountry on June 20, 2010, 04:01:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Osagetree:
When in doubt!   :saywhat:  
This is good advise.  Your right, no reason to take a chance, even though I did.  But next time, buy some new first.  We put too much time in this stuff to cut corners.
Title: Re: Trick to tell if TB3 is old?
Post by: razorsharptokill on June 22, 2010, 09:43:00 PM
Yeah glue is cheap.... time and wood are not.
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