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Tri-lam tiller check (Boo Backing Problems...)

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Dag:
Sweet! That's what I was hoping to hear! Thanks WillS!

WillS:
Hang on.  I've just looked again.  It's actually popped a splinter hasn't it, right near the centre line.  If it was just a single longitudinal crack you'd be alright, but I'd wait for somebody more experienced using boo as backing to offer advice! Sorry!

Dag:
Alright, I'll hang off on the glue.  That splinter runs about three inches long :(

toomanyknots:
My experience would be that the backing is a lost cause, for a warbow weight bow anyway. It will most likely pop back up no matter how you patch or glue it. That has been my experience at least. I would cut the backing off, just above the ipe core, and sand back down to the ipe core and glue another backing on it. That always sucks. I recommend very sparingly removing the rind next time, and don't go below a 1/32" of an inch for the backing.

wood_bandit99:
i thought i would help even though ive never made a warbow. i had stuff pop splinters and what i do is fill it with superglue then i wrap sinew around it and it is soaked in glue. idk if it will work for that weight tho.

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