What do you think caused this failure.

[Zradix]

My experience is next to zero..
..but I'll throw this out there...

is it possible, when you were sanding the limb back down, you may have not sanded deep enough to remove all the glue that penetrated into the fibers?

[Zradix]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
What Ben said. You are expecting that glue joint to hold the weight of the bow at full draw. Your string grooves should be in the bow limb, not way out on the end of a glued on tip over lay.

     

I know guys do it differently...but Roy's pic looks soooooo much safer....I'm still scratching my head about how I'm going to put horn on my thin trilam tips with adding much bulk...