Would you trust this?

[osage outlaw]

How about some pictures of the entire bow?

[DC]

This will probably jinx it

[osage outlaw]

Thank you.  I was hoping it would look something like that.  Good luck with it. 

[BowEd]

I'm a rootin for ya DC!!!!You've come this far.Is that osage?

[DC]

Yew, I'll need all the rootin' I can get

[mikekeswick]

One tip to stop things sliding when you clamp is to do your glue-up on top of a scrap board. Clamp both limbs to this  (padded of course) and fit your splices together, then when you are happy everything is in the right place clamp the joint itself.
that is quite a wiggley stave! Good luck with it!

[DC]

One tip to stop things sliding when you clamp is to do your glue-up on top of a scrap board. Clamp both limbs to this  (padded of course) and fit your splices together, then when you are happy everything is in the right place clamp the joint itself.
that is quite a wiggley stave! Good luck with it!

Thanks Mike. One of my workbenches is an old door. I'll make up a couple of blocks that I can clamp to it to hold the billets in place.

[aaron]

I love bows like this. very challenging to follow the back with the belly and decide if the sides shall be perpendicular to the back at all times, etc. I have said this here before, and I will say it again: for me, the key to tillering staves like this is to draw straight lines on the sides of the bow. these serve as a visual reference to judge the bend of a bow with wavy edges a.k.a. rollercoasters. I draw a series of 6 inch line segments down the length of the bow on both sides from tip to tip. Once braced- these lines can act just like having the infamous "tillering gizmo" we all love for straight staves. You can hold a straight edge up to the lines when braced. the pencil line plus straight edge will make a "d" shape, and by measuring the width of the d, you can compare the tiller of various parts of the bow

see: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,36145.msg475068.html#msg475068

[aaron]

... and I would laminate a handle riser on there to further back up the splice. It would be a shame to loose such a lovely bow as that could be.

[DC]

Well it broke but the splice held   It looks like I miss read the grain but it was a very narrow piece of wood to start with. That crook you can see at the right of the break was causing the limb to twist and a crack formed. I tried to CA it but it let go at 40#@26". I couldn't(was afraid to) straighten the crook because there is a knot right on the inside of the bend. It was very close to center shot and I did get to shoot it a few times.

[osage outlaw]

That's a shame.  At least you know the splice wasn't the weak spot.

[DC]

I found a replacement limb in my stash so the spice will get a second chance. The one that broke was the worst half of the spice so it's kind of a lose/ win thing

[Del the cat]

  .. .
We are a stubborn bunch us bowyers ... good luck with the new limb
Del

[BowEd]

Yes sorry to see that but I see you fall into the catagory of being more persistant than smart like a lot of us.Good luck.It can happen that's for sure.