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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Walski on December 22, 2021, 03:28:41 pm

Title: Woodpecker yew, need help with a repair
Post by: Walski on December 22, 2021, 03:28:41 pm

I just build this yew bow from a stave that looks like it was abused by woodpeckers.   
It's 68" ntn at about 52# but, it has a crack on the lower limb, about 6" from the fade.   What can I do to repair this crack, and are there more problems like delamination, possibly making the limbs short lived because of all the other defects?
First two photos are of the cracked area.

Title: Re: Woodpecker yew, need help with a repair
Post by: Walski on December 22, 2021, 03:30:01 pm

More photos.

Title: Re: Woodpecker yew, need help with a repair
Post by: bownarra on December 22, 2021, 04:19:42 pm

If I had to save this bow I would rasp the back smooth, remove the crack and depressions. Then sinew back it with a good few courses. Re-tiller and if it held together fill the belly cracks with warmed up epoxy and give them a good sinew wrap around the limb.
Maybe a good thick rawhide back would be enough? But I like sinew :)