To make a long story short...during the tillering process, my brother drew his new (and first) bow (black cherry) a little too far on the tillering tree and the bow back, where it bends most, cracked (sorry no pictures).  Needless to say, he was devastated after all the work he put into the bow.  In attempt to keep his spirits up, and with nothing to lose, I opened the crack (~3/4" wide by 2" long) and glued it with thin crazy glue.  After the glue dried, we unclamped it and backed it with linen (using TBII).  The bow was 90% tillered.  If it was completely tillered, I would have tried wrapping the damaged area with sinew.  

Before we put the bow back up on the tillering tree, what are the chances that the linen will work by keeping the crack from re-opening?

Thanks for any input!

Dino

Linen in my humble opinion is good for keeping splinters lifting,  But not sure it could hold a crack across the grain.

Sinew would be a better option.

Wrap the area with a wide band of sinew/glue and I bet it holds tight. I have a sack full if you need some. It does make me wonder why it popped to start with? You should be able to draw past the tillered length a little with no splinters?

Is linen or silk see-through? I want to back an Osage that was cut from a board and want something that will be see-through.

Any thoughts- experances

start a new thread to get some real help.

to the OP  : theres no way to know for sure. just be careful , and once youre at tiller , wrap it with something and just be careful.


-hov