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Yew Bow Goes BANG!

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JoJoDapyro:
No issues at all. Clean one owner. BLAM!  >:D

Marc St Louis:
Interesting, good thing your weren't hurt.  If you pause it at 0:12 it actually looks like the backing let go first

Cameroo:
Funny you mentioned that Marc.  I fully expected that if this thing blew, it would be at this big knot in the upper limb. It had several cracks radiating from it, and I just filled them with crazy glue and crossed my fingers. When I looked at the pieces and saw it had cracked there, I figured that was where it had failed. But when I watched back the video frame by frame, I saw it was actually the lower limb that gave out first, and then the top limb must have snapped just from the shock wave that travelled back up the limb.  So yes, even though there didn't appear to be anything wrong with the backing, that seems to be where it failed.  The backing was a strip of quarter sawn maple, about 7/32" thick.  I think maybe it was a bit too thin.

Marc St Louis:
That knot does look nasty.  I don't think it was because the backing was too thin.  I think there was a flaw in it.  I cut my backings from wood I harvest myself and I am very picky which tree I cut down.

Badger:
  The performance on this bow was awesome!! Do you know the mass weight by any chance or still have the pieces laying around to check it?

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