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Why'd this board break?
Jake Spoon:
Hello everybody!
I am a longtime lurker here, who is trying to return to archery after not working on a bow since I was in junior high school (some 9-10 years ago).
Over the last two months or so I made two red oak board bows of medium draw weight that are serviceable and shoot ok. More recently, I wanted to try making a hickory board bow. I was taking a picture of this one to evaluate the tiller when it exploded quite suddenly.
The picture is not the best, but it is the only one I have. I am hoping to use this as a learning experience before I start again on a new bow. For all I know my tiller was awful--like I said, I'm just getting back into bow making. Thanks for any feedback/criticism.
68" long
1 1/2" wide tapering to 3/4" tips from mid limb.
Hickory backed with that ugly stuff from Poor Folk Bows which shall not be named ;)
Jake
Kidder:
Welcome! Your tiller looks pretty good - maybe a little whip tillered but I don’t see any real hinges or anything. I’d like to see a close up of the break - bows can break for any number of infinite reasons, some directly caused by the builder, others inherent in the wood itself.
Pat B:
I too would like to see pics of the break and where the break is on the bow.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Pat B on March 30, 2024, 08:15:36 pm ---I too would like to see pics of the break and where the break is on the bow.
--- End quote ---
Me to. Tiller isn’t perfect, but it’s really not that bad.
Bjrogg
Jake Spoon:
Here are some pictures of the broken limb. It broke on the bottom limb at full draw, all at once. There were no ticks or anything that I heard beforehand.
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