Splinter

[wood carver 2]

The other day I was shooting 3D and I noticed that there is a small splinter on the outside edge of the upper limb about halfway out. It's just beneath the radius where the back meets the side of the limb. I immediately unstrung the bow to prevent further damage. This is the beautiful osage bow made for me by David Flanrey and my favorite shooter so it really worries me that it may become a wall ornament.
The splinter is very small, maybe 3/16" wide and less than 1 inch long and vey tight to the limb.
I would never have noticed it except I have a habit of running my hand up and down the limbs while holing my bows. I felt it catch on my finger. I would post a picture, but it might not show up too well.
I was thinking of prying up the splinter and super gluing it down. My buddy who's been shooting trad all his life thinks that should be enough to fix it. What do you all think?
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

Super glue could do it. Super glue and a strong thread wrap soaked with super glue will do it.

[Troy D. Breeding]

x2 on what Roy said

[Eric Krewson]

I post this picture about once a week for splinter fix advice.

String your bow to spread the crack, fill the crack with good superglue, I use Loctite, unstring the bow to close the crack and wrap the area about 1/2" past the crack on each side and soak the wrap with superglue until it won't hold any more. I soak the wrap, let the glue cure and soak several more times before I call it done.

I use a string server and braded nylon serving thread for my wraps. I can put the wrap on really neatly this way and serve the limb exactly like I would serve a string.

These wraps tend to last forever, done properly you should never have a problem out of this area of your bow limb again.

I did a friend's bow last week that had cracked out from under a snake skin backing. When I removed the skin in the cracked area things didn't look too bad. After I started adding supper glue the stuff ran out of the limb from multiple places like water running out of a sieve. The bow was one pull away from exploding.

I kept adding superglue to the crack until it wouldn't hold any more, bent the bow backward to close the crack, let the glue cure and added the wrap. The bow is fine now and shoots great.

   

[wood carver 2]

Thanks guys. I've really been smoking the targets lately with this bow, so I'm glad I'll be able to keep shooting it.
Dave.