Shelbow Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Sorry for rubbish photos. Button doesn't seem original and screw is stuck inside. Any tips on freeing it? Is it worth bothering? Thankies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 15 minutes ago, Shelbow said: Any tips on freeing it? Is it worth bothering? No, it's not worth to bother. A cheap Abeille wood bow from the 19th century Mnk mass production. It looks also, as if it's a bit shorter than usual, like many of this type. Freeing it means almost always to drill/mill out the eyelet from the underside of the opened frog and use a special tool to cut out the adjuster thread and make a bushing. There's a thread about it: https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/321674-common-problem-in-the-bow-world/ At such a cheap bow one can try to put it out wih pincers, but this usually means that the stick will crack up, or it's already cracked anyway due to the corrosion inside. Then you can clean it and glue it with super glue, hoping that it will hold. Commercial value will be but none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 Cool thanks Blank Face, I thought as much. I'll keep it in the bow box of despair for a time when I feel like committing some bow destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Question: were these tiny eyes a trend? What years? A sign of a quality level, or found at all price points? Attributable to any particular factory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Shelbow said: ...Is it worth bothering?... No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan slobodkin Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 15 hours ago, Brad Dorsey said: No. Ah. Another New Englander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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