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Offline rockkiller

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tomato stake or shooter?
« on: March 22, 2017, 10:38:00 PM »

  Dont know what I did to tic off the bow making gods ,but after cleaning up ,somehow a wood chip fell in between glass and lam during glue up.   :banghead:  

 

 
the last picture is the opposite side.

So is it a tomato stake ,,fire poker , or worth finishing ?    :dunno:

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2017, 11:00:00 PM »
Never give up.
That is the belly side, Yes?
I think it may be good
Do enough where you can get it braced.

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2017, 04:28:00 AM »
It will likely hold together ok. You may as well finish it now and shoot it some.

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2017, 09:33:00 AM »
Wow, that sucks.  That's one of those one in a million things that seem to happen all the time.  The bow making gods are testing your dedication to the craft.  
I don't see why that wouldn't hold up, you have full coverage of glue in the gap, but I'm not a glass bow builder.
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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2017, 09:42:00 AM »
I round the corners off a little and wrap it about 1 1/2" with some cotton string saturated in epoxy...  Do the same to the other side of the riser so it matches... It will also add to the looks of the bow...

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2017, 09:49:00 AM »
Oh... Sorry... I should have read the post and just not look at the pics...  I thought it was buckling...
  I agree with the guys... She'll be fine...

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2017, 09:53:00 AM »
Yeah, that should shoot fine, just will look bad forever lol.

That are of the riser is totally stiff so that little error is not under a lot of stress. It should be fine. I would expect it to live a totally normal bow life.

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2017, 02:01:00 PM »
It doesn't look like it is in the working part of the limb and it looks glued up tight....should be fine.
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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2017, 02:09:00 PM »
At first glance I don't know that it will make a difference. In fact if there was plenty of glue on all the surfaces I bet it won't.
The best made plan won't get it made the way you planned.

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2017, 04:33:00 PM »
Something like that happened to one of my bamboo backed tri-lams. It's a 67# draw weight bow and it has hundreds of arrows through it.
It's not pretty enough to give away, but it works for me.
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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2017, 05:24:00 PM »
Shouldn't bother, but I'd do a decorative wrap both ends of riser, just me tho...
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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2017, 06:12:00 PM »
I thought it would  be ok ,but wasnt sure and wanted more experienced opinions.
This was going to be for my son in law ,but I will keep for myself and start on a new one for him.
I also want to thank you guys for always being so fast to help.

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Re: tomato stake or shooter?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2017, 09:56:00 PM »
At the top of the picture is where I was looking.
You glue line is coming together at the working part? or close?
Go for it.
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