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[ks_jon]

Ive been working on a hickory backed osage bow blank that I won recently... This is my first attempt at making a bow.. Today when I was cuting the string nocks in to begin tillering, a 1/4 inch square piece of the hickory backing chipped off the end.... My question is, can I sand the backing down on each end and glue some osage to the tips to beef the tips back up before shaping the tips? If I can what should I use to glue them on?

[ranger 3]

I don't know why not. use Tite Bond 11 or 111
 

[Pat B]

Can you post a pics? Like in Ranger's pic an overlay should fix your problem.
  Why did a square piece of hickory pop off?

[ks_jon]

That pic is just what I needed to see.... Some how or another the piece had allready splintered and finally came off while cutting the nocks..

[No-sage]

Make sure you file from backing down to the core wood when cutting nocks or you can splinter the backing.

[Roy Steele]

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