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Title: "Could have been" a beautiful bow
Post by: Aram on January 06, 2007, 01:15:00 PM

I put links to the pictures so that those on DialUp won't turn gray trying to open the thread. So click for pictures.
Started this bow a while ago  and thought to finish it yesterday. It's "finished", alright...
It was meant for a friend who does not know much about archery but who loves to play hard so I backed it with the woven fiberglass cloth for safety. It's cheatting, I know, but I didn't want to take any chances of my friend geting hurt.

 Bow (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/bows/snakecherry.jpg)
 Snakeskin (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/bows/snakedetail.jpg)
 Ouch!   :mad:  (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/bows/snakebroken.jpg)  
Dual cherry laminate. I tried using he West System Epoxy (105 + 207 special hardner.) It's the second bow I tried the epoxy with and both bows came apart. Here are a couple of pictures of the glue failure in the first bow:
 Handle split (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/bows/ungluedbow.jpg)
 Detail (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/Oarceas/bows/unglueddetail.jpg)
What is going on??? Has anyone used this epoxy with any succes?   :help:   Is there a trick to it? Both bows came apart at the glue joint. In both I could see a shiny coat of hardened epoxy, very poor penetrationn no wood torn off...  
I'm really confused.