A few days ago, I glued up a bamboo/ osage/ bamboo tri lam. When I began to tiller, it looked really good and I thought that I would be able to shoot that bow the same afternoon. Then I noticed a spot where the belly lam separated from the limb about halfway up the fadeout ramp on the lower limb, about 5 or 6 inches from the handle end of the lam. The bamboo folded back and became creased.
Last night I ground off the offending piece of bamboo and glued on a new one. The new one looks good, but the lower limb is now warped to one side by at least 1/2 inch.
I clamped the riser to my bench and hung a 5 pound chunk of lead from the warped tip and it bent a little way past center. It's really hot in the garage, so I thought it might help get it straight again.
Did I do the right thing? Is there a better way to fix this?
Dave.