Bear Minuteman Limb issue

[icentropy]

Hi all. I just received this bow and noticed it has a very slight separation on one side of the base of a limb. I tried to take careful pics to show how it is. it doesn't go very deep as far as i can tell. I couldn't see a single issue with any other part of either limb. This section goes into the slot on the mag riser. Do you guys think i could fill with superglue and clamp it down to fix it? Thanks for any advice.

   

   

[bamboo]

does it close when strung?

[icentropy]

Nope, doesn't really change at all. I put a clamp on it to see if it'd close and at first it didn't even budge so I moved the clamp right to the very edge of the bow and that closed it. I think it's not seperating very evenly but only at the very edge.

[kennym]

I would glue and clamp it, ,then watch it closely.

Looks like poor planning, the lam looks crushed at the point of that wedge.

2 thin lams might have worked better...

[icentropy]

Just wanted to update. I glued and clamped them till the edges met. It took a lot of clamping for right on the edge for them to touch. waited 24hrs and when i released the clamp they popped apart again. So i very lightly sanded and reglued a bit better but this time i only clamped till the squeezed together to about .003" or so leaving a little bit a space between the laminations. Took a lot less force to do that. afterabout 6 hours the clamp wasn't even tight any more and after 24hrs i strung it and let it sit for a while. after that I shot it and had no issues. unstrung it and then restrung and shot the next day. checking the lamination after every group of arrows. It's been two days since then and I've shot a few hundred arrows since with no problems. I've also left the bow strung the last few days. No issues. Thanks for the help guys. on a side note I ended up using Gorilla super glue.

[passion for knowledge]

I could be totally off here, but if you have to clamp that hard to close the gap you may be damaging the wood. Might be better to just make sure the gap is filled with some decent adhesive.
I'd likely go with epoxy and try to work it in as deep as possible.

[icentropy]

Originally posted by passion for knowledge:
I could be totally off here, but if you have to clamp that hard to close the gap you may be damaging the wood. Might be better to just make sure the gap is filled with some decent adhesive.
I'd likely go with epoxy and try to work it in as deep as possible.

Yup, that's exactly what i figured. once i glued it allowing the tiny gap, it glued fine and as of now, is holding up fine. Been shooting it for a few days and it's held.