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Title: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 25, 2019, 05:27:11 PM

I posted this elsewhere; I made an osage bow for a friend, the tip got broken, it looked hopeless but I gave it a try. I finished it today, it shoots good and should hold up just fine.

Started with this;

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 25, 2019, 05:28:07 PM

And ended up with this, lots of hair pulling along the way;

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Wolftrail on May 25, 2019, 06:04:37 PM

That is not even a repair its Art...! WOW

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Roy from Pa on May 25, 2019, 06:10:13 PM

Very nice, Eric.

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Post by: Bvas on May 25, 2019, 06:13:56 PM

Nice work Eric!!!

Are ya gonna break the other tip so you can make them match? :biglaugh:

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Post by: jess stuart on May 25, 2019, 07:58:26 PM

Fantastic work!

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Flem on May 25, 2019, 08:45:15 PM

Dean said it, that's a work of art!
Would have been firewood in my hands.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 25, 2019, 09:21:52 PM

I glued the broken parts together to give me a solid surface to glue my first lam to. I filed away all the broken wood before I glued on my first lam.The hardest part was bending the second lam to exactly fit the first the first one, I used a contour gage to get a pattern for my bending jig. Lots of bending and wood cracking but I finally got it right.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 25, 2019, 09:25:15 PM

I added a long tip overlay for more strength, did a bunch of shaping and string groove cutting, it came out OK

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: darin putman on May 25, 2019, 10:11:01 PM

Very good job as usual Eric.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: jess stuart on May 26, 2019, 09:12:03 AM

I hope you made a few matching footed arrows to go with it. LOL 

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 26, 2019, 09:42:03 AM

The lady that owns the bow has won at Cloverdale at least twice with it since I gave it to her in 2016. She could be a force to be reckoned with at the Hill shoot next week, I am putting it in the mail on Monday, she should have it in time to compete.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Flem on May 26, 2019, 10:43:51 AM

Curious, how did that tip fail?

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 26, 2019, 03:52:13 PM

Something to do with careless unstringing, I don't know exactly.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 26, 2019, 04:13:34 PM

Bravo!

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Eric Krewson on June 09, 2019, 08:53:52 AM

Julia won the selfbow shootoff at the Hill shoot with the bow, she beat all the men and women in the shootoff.

Julia also shot a 235 at Cloverdale with the repaired bow this weekend, it is unlikely that any lady will beat her score in the selfbow class.

Title: Re: Broken bow, the fix
Post by: Roy from Pa on June 09, 2019, 11:42:23 AM

 :thumbsup: