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Chrysal in handle fade
Jim Davis:
Agree that big dark failure is a tension issue. Fill it with epoxy and you are good to go--load will be in compression.
Left circled area looks like rasped area not quite cleaned up.
WindhoverMark:
Bentstick54; the line to the right is just a dark grain line, not a crack. The cluster to the left is tool marks. The bow is still a pretty raw.
Jim; Thank you sir, that was exactly what I was about to ask.
George Tsoukalas:
I agree with Brad. In my early days I've had chrysals at the fades. Jawge
JW_Halverson:
Windhover? Is this in reference to the Old English name for the kestrel?
WindhoverMark:
Here is a full set of photos of the bow as it is today. I marked the location of the failure in each picture. It's currently holding just shy of 2" of set all of which seems to have accumulated in the spots that were naturally deflexed to begin with. I don't have enough experience with straightening staves to say if I just failed to really get the deflex out or if my tiller is just bad in exactly the same way that the stave wanted to bend naturally.
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on November 28, 2022, 10:43:42 am ---Windhover? Is this in reference to the Old English name for the kestrel?
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Yep, it's the farm mascot.
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