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WillS:
It blew up, didn't it.

Finally got the bloody thing to brace height after hours of arsing about with strings, and the nock split, forcing the string 10 inches down the limb, separating sapwood and heartwood all the way down. 

toomanyknots:
That sucks so bad! It was looking beautiful! I'm sorry, I know that pain all too well, I hate that.

Del the cat:
Sorry to hear that, guess we've all been there.
Del

WillS:
Well it's currently being glued... We'll see what happens.

I find it's always worth listing the positives when something goes wrong (a good half hour after screaming into a pillow of course...)

The bow was 83.5 inches long, so plenty of length to chop off and try again if I need to

The split didn't actually break off anywhere, it started exactly halfway between back and belly, and runs diagonally towards the sapwood but doesn't exit, so there's no trauma of the sapwood apart from right at the nock.

I'm hoping that if I glue it up (I've basically filled the crack with Resintite and clamped shut) then chop off the nock slot (at both ends) before fitting the horn nocks, and then binding tightly with FastFlight or linen and soaking with superglue, everything should be ok.  The tips are fairly stiff anyway, so hopefully there won't be too much stress there, and the Resintite is (according to Del's success anyway!) perfectly capable of handling bend forces. 

Worst case scenario - I chop a chunk off both ends and make a smaller bow (The crack can go through into the horn nock without any problems so I don't lose too much anyway)

Onwards and upwards!

Del the cat:
That's a great attitude!
Good luck and keep us posted.
"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same"
I think that certainly applies to bowmaking.

Do you like Kipling?
Can't say I've ever Kippled!

Del

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