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Muskyman:
I’ve only made about 8-10 bows. I was pretty happy having never had one break, but that’s over.
I was doing some inlay practice on another bow. Once done I was looking for something else to do and picked up a bow I had started a while back. I was checking the bend and draw weight it exploded with a very loud bang. I bent it back together and started looking and found the culprit. I think. The second picture shows the belly right where it broke at. I’m kinda glad it finally happened because now I have a better idea of what to expect

Selfbowman:
Looks like the back failed just out of fade to me.

bjrogg:

--- Quote from: Selfbowman on June 27, 2024, 05:35:40 pm ---Looks like the back failed just out of fade to me.

--- End quote ---



That’s what I’m seeing too. It looks like it failed in tension not compression.

It probably was bending a little too much right out of the fade.

Bjrogg

Muskyman:
Was a bit of a knot pretty much right on the edge on the back too. Right where it broke. I never liked the look of it from the start, that’s why I put off into my pile of maybe someday bows. Probably should have looked it over before I started bending it. No matter. I’ve got plenty other stuff I want to work on. It was kinda mushy feeling too.

Hamish:
Musky, I'm guessing you didn't  leave a bit of extra wood around the knot?

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