Worm Hole(pics added on p.3)

[nlester]

Can it be saved, or is it fatal?

[nlester]

[nlester]

Belly

[bradsmith2010]

no it is not fatal,, lots of ways to address that issue, I will let the others chime in,,but I see a bow in there

[TimBo]

The problem is that you don't know how much the little bugger has excavated between the two holes.

[osage outlaw]

The problem is that you don't know how much the little bugger has excavated between the two holes.

+1 on what Timbo said.

[nlester]

The problem is that you don't know how much the little bugger has excavated between the two holes.

Yep.  Do you just go with it and see what happens?

[osage outlaw]

If you cut it off below the worm hole will that leave you enough length to make a bendy handle bow?

[nlester]

If you cut it off below the worm hole will that leave you enough length to make a bendy handle bow?

I'm afraid that isn't an option.

[George Tsoukalas]

What are your options?

You could ignore  them (which is what I do). You could fill it with saw dust and glue. You could cut the stave off there. You can make a tomato stake from it.
What else can you do?

Jawge

[nlester]

LOL.  Thanks George.  I guess I'll ignore it.  I guess I was wondering what my chances are that it turns into a tomato stake

[George Tsoukalas]

Filling with sawdust and glue won't hurt.

You never know. It could break.

Of course sinew and rawhide are a possibility. Sinew is time consuming. To do it on a bow that may break...I don't know.

I remember an osage bow I made with a worm hole in it and I also remember a hickory bow with a worm hole in it.

They didn't break.

I also remember a hickory board bow exploding because of a tiny knot I didn't see when buying the bard.

You just never know.

Jawge

[nlester]

Well, I'm gonna try and plug it with super glue and sawdust.  Let's see what happens.  I'll keep everyone posted.  Thanks for the help.

[Eric Krewson]

I was bow last year that the maker used a stave that looked like Swiss cheese on the back from worm holes just to see if he could make a shooter. It surprised me but he had a nice shooter and had left the holes unfilled.

[George Tsoukalas]

Tiller that area  a little flatter than the rest of the limb.
Jawge