RING ISSUE! please help!

[Wingless Arrow]

so i was cahsin a ring on the back of the limb, and then this happend! i already have half of it down to the ring that was violated. can i just leave it? or do i have to go ahead and take one more ring off?


 

i put my finger on it to show size. oh, and i traced it with a pencil to show the line better.

Thanks,

JL

[Blkbird]

[Pat B]

You need to get it down to a clean, unviolated ring! Show a pic of the end grain. Might be a better ring below.

[mwirwicki]

Yes, by all means.  Take it down to that ring.

[Osagetree]

If that is in the handle (non-working portion of the bow) it would be fine. If it is anywhere between fade and tip it will have to be taken down to the next ring.

[Wingless Arrow]

actually, the whole thing is a limb. haha. im experimenting with a 3-piece takedown with self bow limbs. Thanks for all the help!

This is the tip of it.


This is the other end


ok sorry bout the size! i edited them multiple times but they wont shrink! frustrating...  

[Pat B]

I'd just use a scraper to chase one of those thin rings. Better chance of not scraping through the ring.

[scrub-buster]

When I chase a ring, I like to take it down to the spring growth right above the ring that I want and then use sandpaper to remove the crunchy spring growth.  

I would take it down to this ring.  Its thicker and not to far down.  It looks like it is the same thickness on the other end too.