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Offline lesken2011

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Odd cracks on belly??
« on: October 28, 2012, 06:51:45 pm »
I just finished an oak backed ipe bow for the son of my local taxidermist. It is 60" ttt and 35#@25". I was on the patio shooting it in some more today and noticed some tiny cracks above the handle. Not  really compression-type cracks. Here is a pic.


Here it is braced.




Do you think I am safe to give it to him at such a low draw weight?


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Re: Odd cracks on belly??
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2012, 07:21:21 pm »
It just dawned on me. I guess this answers my question on this post.


http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,35456.msg466758.html#msg466758



This is the same bow. This is the limb I took a little too much off of. Although I tillered it to correct the bend. Apparently there was just too much stress on this limb, hence the unusual crack striations. Do you think it is an imminent failure with a dense wood like ipe? If it fails, do you think it will explode or just fold over with the white oak back. I can make him another if it breaks. I just don't want him to get hurt.
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Re: Odd cracks on belly??
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2012, 08:13:22 pm »
Yup..those are frets alright Kenny...its hard to say how much longer that'll last..could go a long time or in the next hundred...I'd make him another one cus my conscious just would not allow giving that to somebody else.
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Re: Odd cracks on belly??
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2012, 08:34:05 pm »
I already laid another one out, Blackhawk. I feel the same way. Well, the ole sayin live and learn seems to apply a lot to me lately. Sigh!!


Thanks for the feedback.
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Re: Odd cracks on belly??
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2012, 08:41:07 am »
  THEY ARE STRESS CRACKS. Show it to him and tell him it something happens because of the cracks you'll replace it.
  If it's low weight it should be OK.
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