~Advice from the masters~

[paleFace]

been working on a new hickory bow for my son and durn if it didn't pop a splinter while doing a little tiller work. at the moment it's 48# @ 22" and i'm shooting for 40-45#'s @ 26".  can this be fixed or am i just poop out of luck. as you can see by the handle i have probably put more work into it than i should have prior to having it tillered completely, buuuuutttttt i'm hard headed some times and get in a groove and just can't stop myself. take a look see and give me your honest opinions, good or bad....
     
     
       


 

both limbs need some more scraping of course, but i hate to put any more time into it if it's a lost cause. the grain is pretty good on this piece with just a little run out towards the end.

[AZStickman]

I'd super glue it and then sinew wrap it..... a bit more rounding of the edges will help prevent lifting like that in the future....... Nice looking bow...... Terry

[paleFace]

thanks Terry, do you think i could back it with a snake skin or something and keep that bugger down? it would have to be right on the edge. how does a bow look after wraping with sinew?

[Bert Frelink]

I am with Terry on this, just glue it back down and wrap it with silk or sinew.
Should be fine, just go slow.
Regrads, Bert.

[Pat B]

I agree with both above. You could also back the bow with silk, linen or even brown bag  after you glue down the splinter with super glue. I would use TB glue for the backing. This might get you through the tillering process and you could add a silk or other decorative thread wrap over the splintered area and again on the opposite limb for symmetry.    Pat

[gordonf]

Glue the splinter down back it with either silk or rawhide and then wrap the splinter with serving or silk thread for good measure.

[pappy]

I agree with the others,glue it down,wrap it with sinew or serving and back it,I like rawhide.Snake skin won't hold a splinter down
but you could cover it all with a skin when it is finished.Good luck and you are right I don't spend a lot of time on the handle until it is shooting, just saves some heartbreak.
    Pappy

[Eric Krewson]

Never give up on a bow. I turned this mess of a deep split handle.

 

into this by adding pieces.

 

and finished shaping to this

 

Later while I was tillering the bow "BOOM" but I didn't give up on it, and turned this;

 

into this with some urac-185 and a new piece of bamboo.

 


If you want to go for the max fix I would glue the splinter down with urac, flatten the back and glue on a 1/8" strip of hickory, problem solved.

Gluing down the splinter and wrapping is a good fix as well. If you use thread, soak it with super glue or epoxy after you wrap it and it will be bullet proof.

I have a lot of sinew so I use it for repairs on my personal bows.

 

[John Scifres]

Here's a splinter wrapalong:    Splinter Fix  

It looks like you are using a pretty aggressive rasp on the sides and even rolling onto the back a bit.  That is a recipe for lifting a splinter.  Get those corners rounded over but do it with a file and then sand it down a bit.  The grain looks pretty suspect to me.  Is that another crack along the splintered portion?  This looks like a problem to me from the pics.  I'd be very careful with this one.

[paleFace]

thanks a ton guys. i was hoping to have this boy ready for my son to shoot at Comptons. got some work to do that's for sure.  

help me out a little, i can't find another crack so i posted a few more pics. it may be where i had the center line and you are seeing the pencil marks.

also please tell me i'm running with the correct grain. take a look at these pics to verify that i'm ok. this only my 5th bow so any help is more than appreciated.
     

     

   

[John Scifres]

It was just the angle of the pics and your pencil marks.  Looks perfectly fixable to me.