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sleek:
Anyone ever have their bow start to split in half long ways? Im doing extreme bend radius experiments and the bows are wanting to unzip up the middle of the limb.

Jjpso:
Happened to me once. I was in the midlle of tillering a fairly heavy recurve black locust HLD bow, and around 20” or so of draw, it just exploded and i was left with two half bows. It split in the middle. I think its because i didnt had the thickness right from middle of the bow to the edges! The hedges where thinner than the midlle.

Mad Max:
Could round or flat belly have anything to do with it ?

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: sleek on June 04, 2025, 02:43:17 am ---Anyone ever have their bow start to split in half long ways? Im doing extreme bend radius experiments and the bows are wanting to unzip up the middle of the limb.

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What is the limb cross section? Wide, flat sections want to cup when bent into a tight radius and that may be splitting the limb if the wood you are using is prone to splitting along the grain.


Mark

Selfbowman:
Kevin I’ve had that happen during the straighten process. Especially when you have a high crown that you are trying to flatten a bit. It happens on the belly side of the limbs usually. It never has gone all the way thru on me before. I fill the crack with super glue and clamp mine. Don’t know if this is what happened in your case.

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