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cracker:
That is definately gonna be a chalenge but I'm sure you're gonna be able to pull it off. Ron

Michael C.:
Anyone have any tricks they have tried or used on a crack like that or any ideas on what I might try? At this point I'm considering injecting some sort of glue and then wrapping it with some sinew or something after I get it bending a bit. I don't know if I should wait until it's bending to much though or it might give. If it does my back up plan is to get a take down handle and just mate the good limb to another osage limb that I have in my garage.

gstoneberg:
That is unfortunate.  A wrap is about the only thing I know that might work.  The problem is that once you wrap it  you'll be unable to tiller any more on that spot.  You'll almost certainly have a stiff spot there.  This isn't the end of the world, but it might not be what you were hoping.  And, this could be one time where a wrap might not hold it, given the stresses at that point and how deep the crack goes.  I have a bow with a bad crack in the working limb wrapped and shooting, but still unfinished, so it is possible.  My bow only loses about a fourth of the width with the crack though.  I hope others give you a better answer.  I'm about evenly split between a wrap and just using the good limb on this.  If you leave the handle thick you might could go ahead and tiller this one part way and if it doesn't look good go the cut and splice route.

Good luck,
George

Michael C.:
Well I don't know that it won't make it at this point just seeing if there was anything that I could try to minimize the possibilities of it breaking. I'll be working on it more this weekend and it shouldn't be long before I know one way or the other. I'm thinking now that I should have just listened to you George when you said as soon as you get a solid ring you stop. I think I might have had enough room to lay the bow out and not have to worry so much about that crack on the edge, but after I took it down to one of the bigger rings it left me with a lot less wood on either side to work with.

gstoneberg:
I've had the same thing happen because of borers where I had to go deep to get under them and then didn't have enough depth to make a bow.  You never know, your stave might make a fine bow.  Never count osage out, it is wonderful wood.

George

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