been working on a new hickory bow for my son and durn if it didn't pop a splinter while doing a little tiller work. at the moment it's 48# @ 22" and i'm shooting for 40-45#'s @ 26". can this be fixed or am i just poop out of luck. as you can see by the handle i have probably put more work into it than i should have prior to having it tillered completely, buuuuutttttt i'm hard headed some times and get in a groove and just can't stop myself. take a look see and give me your honest opinions, good or bad....
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory507.jpg)
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory501.jpg)
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory502.jpg)
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory505.jpg)
both limbs need some more scraping of course, but i hate to put any more time into it if it's a lost cause. the grain is pretty good on this piece with just a little run out towards the end.
I'd super glue it and then sinew wrap it..... a bit more rounding of the edges will help prevent lifting like that in the future....... Nice looking bow...... Terry
thanks Terry, do you think i could back it with a snake skin or something and keep that bugger down? it would have to be right on the edge. how does a bow look after wraping with sinew?
I am with Terry on this, just glue it back down and wrap it with silk or sinew.
Should be fine, just go slow.
Regrads, Bert.
I agree with both above. You could also back the bow with silk, linen or even brown bag after you glue down the splinter with super glue. I would use TB glue for the backing. This might get you through the tillering process and you could add a silk or other decorative thread wrap over the splintered area and again on the opposite limb for symmetry. Pat
Glue the splinter down back it with either silk or rawhide and then wrap the splinter with serving or silk thread for good measure.
I agree with the others,glue it down,wrap it with sinew or serving and back it,I like rawhide.Snake skin won't hold a splinter down
but you could cover it all with a skin when it is finished.Good luck and you are right I don't spend a lot of time on the handle until it is shooting, just saves some heartbreak.
Pappy
Never give up on a bow. I turned this mess of a deep split handle.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/Frankenbowtearout.jpg)
into this by adding pieces.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/frankenbowhandleside.jpg)
and finished shaping to this
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/frankenbowshapedhandle.jpg)
Later while I was tillering the bow "BOOM" but I didn't give up on it, and turned this;
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/frankenbowboom.jpg)
into this with some urac-185 and a new piece of bamboo.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/frankenbowgluedcrack.jpg)
If you want to go for the max fix I would glue the splinter down with urac, flatten the back and glue on a 1/8" strip of hickory, problem solved.
Gluing down the splinter and wrapping is a good fix as well. If you use thread, soak it with super glue or epoxy after you wrap it and it will be bullet proof.
I have a lot of sinew so I use it for repairs on my personal bows.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/limbwrap.jpg)
Here's a splinter wrapalong: Splinter Fix (http://residents.bowhunting.net/sticknstring/wiltbow2.html)
It looks like you are using a pretty aggressive rasp on the sides and even rolling onto the back a bit. That is a recipe for lifting a splinter. Get those corners rounded over but do it with a file and then sand it down a bit. The grain looks pretty suspect to me. Is that another crack along the splintered portion? This looks like a problem to me from the pics. I'd be very careful with this one.
thanks a ton guys. i was hoping to have this boy ready for my son to shoot at Comptons. got some work to do that's for sure.
help me out a little, i can't find another crack so i posted a few more pics. it may be where i had the center line and you are seeing the pencil marks.
also please tell me i'm running with the correct grain. take a look at these pics to verify that i'm ok. this only my 5th bow so any help is more than appreciated.
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory508.jpg)
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory509.jpg)
(http://www.burnhamphotography.com/galleries/events/photos/wesgallery/hickory510.jpg)
It was just the angle of the pics and your pencil marks. Looks perfectly fixable to me.