Don't use FF with wood tips!!! (pics)

[highPlains]

I've always been curious exactly what would happen. Never was brave enough to try...

An unfortunate customer brought this bow in today.
 

 

[horatio1226]

:confused:

[Bjorn]

Ouch!! Those pics hurt to just look at from here!! However to arbitrarily blame the string material may be jumping to conclusions.

[centaur]

      yeow!

[ron w]

That would spoil my day.....   :eek:    

[snakebit40]

ooops

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by ron w:
That would spoil my day.....    :eek:        

.....it would spoil my month!

[Dave Bowers]

YIKES!

[hardtimes]

Thats no good, no good at all. Sorry to see.

[Cruiser78]

Seeing that is like seeing someone being kicked in his manhood ouch!!!!

[Craig]

what was the make of the bow, just in case someone else has one, so they don't use FF with it. I guess that is why you only use FF with bows that were made to shoot with it.

[Covey]

Good Grief, That's no good!

Jason

[sweeney3]

That's why I don't use FF.

[wingnut]

Yep if you saw or break through the overlay the string does exactly that.  I saw it a few times in person.  That's why every bow we make from selfbows to the new ACS recurves are FF certified.

Mike

[Pierre Lucas]

Originally posted by Bjorn:
Ouch!! Those pics hurt to just look at from here!! However to arbitrarily blame the string material may be jumping to conclusions.

Yep,  I would have to agree...

God Bless,   Pierre

[EastTexasRedneck]

I've been told by a reputable boywer that what those pics show is a sure sign of dryfire, those are his words not mine.

[Looper]

Yep, I've seen that before. I had it happen to a non-acs adcock. That bow was FF ready, but the micarta overlay failed and destroyed the limb. I don't think a dry fire was the cause in my case. Here's a pic:
 

[rainman]

I use fast flight on My selfbows.  Wood just has to be hardwoods and made correctly.

[Ragnarok Forge]

I would like to hear more from folks who have experienced the same issue.  That string loop is padded to a fairly thick end loop.   The thick end loop should help prevent the limb split.  Is it actually caused by the ff material under normal use or a dry fire with ff material?   Also does this happen more with wide versus thin limbs?  How about recurve vs longbows & wide vs thick limbs for each?   I would never shoot a ff string on a bow that is not rated for it.   The problem is that this decision is presently based on conjecture and second hand info.  I would love to know what actually causes the problem.  Bowyers, and people who have experienced similar failures please weigh in here.

[straight_arrow]

Do you have more detail on how it happened?  How long was ff used before the damaged occured, what were the actual circumstances?