Had a blowup yesterday

[peanut39350]

I built this bow several months ago and have shot well over 1000 arrows through it yesterday when i was shooting it blew up while drawing it back

 
 

 

 

[breazyears]

What wood is that in the riser?
That sucks...were you hurt?

[peanut39350]

The riser is shedua, no didn't get hit by anything

[Mad Max]

Bummer
what kind of wood in the butt wedge?
did you get a feathered end on the wedge?

   

[peanut39350]

I used shedua for the wedge as well and had it paper thin, I can't figure out what went wrong with it the only thing that i have been doing different is I started shooting the fixed crawl about a month ago to help my groups but I wouldn't think that would cause it

[JamesV]

I just had one blow and my thinking is that the oil from my hands during glue-up caused it to blow.

James

[Robertfishes]

James, I wear vinyl gloves during glue ups. I usually go thru 4 sets during a glue up. The vinyl gloves are a loose fit  but still work well for me.. Try to find and use powder free gloves.. I also run a air conditioner when it's hot, drops of sweat could also be a problem.

[Robertfishes]

Peanut, sorry for your blow up. I have used Shedua for 2 one piece risers, so far no problems.

Do you have pics of it bending at full draw??

[Pat B]

The fade area has more stress on it than any other area. If that area was bending too much those stresses could have caused the break.

[peanut39350]

Never took no pics of it unti now so that could be what it was I can't remember what it looked like when checking it at full draw on the tree

[Roy from Pa]

X's 2 on what Pat said. Glass bows don't normally let go in that area.