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RyanY:
I'm sorry to hear it didn't work out. If you give us some more information about how the bow was behaving and what the break looks like we could help determine what the cause of failure was.

JW_Halverson:
AAAARGH!  I was really interested in seeing a spliced board bow build along! 

A true calamity.  Having visited Calamity Jane's grave recently, I am allowed to say that!

Calamitus:
Here's the damage:
 I know there's a knot there, it didn't go through to the back so I thought it might still work seeing as I would have had to remove a lot of wood from the belly anyhow. But that never came into play, I think there was just some other hidden flaw that couldn't handle the stress. I still have a billet from the original 1x6 that I am planning to use to attempt to replace the broken limb.

Belly side


Pieces

Calamitus:
Ok, I fixed it :D I cut the broken limb off, re-cut the splice, and put a new one on. I used a piece of maple for the riser block, gluing it on over the splice this time, which I like a lot better than how I tried it the first time. Now I have it halfway tillered, on a short string, and here are the pics:

Back with splice


Belly


Braced @ 5-1/2"


I think the right limb is a bit flatter than the other and needs some scraping

Unbraced

Calamitus:
Ok here's the (nearly) finished product

Full draw


Handle, with ipe arrow shelf


Nock. What can I do about the string slipping off when braced? Doesn't seem a problem while drawn, haven't shot an arrow yet, I think it might be trouble when I do so i'd like to get it fixed first.

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