Pacific Dogwood build along.... Update- Broken...

[Blayne]

Yes I believe so. Thats where that knot was. I was pretty excited about it being a shooter. Oh well, got a couple dozen out of it before. R.I.P. Lol

[upstatenybowyer]

Aw man. Sorry for your loss. Nothing ventured nothing gained!

[George Tsoukalas]

Blayne,
knotted areas should be left a little wider and tillered to appear slightly flatter than the rest of the limb.
Jawge

[Blayne]

Thanks George, I will remember that for next time:)

[George Tsoukalas]

Sorry, Blayne, nothing like after the fact advice. LOL.

There have been times when I didn't follow my own advice and the result was a broken osage bow...among others.

Jawge

[Blayne]

To get advice you need to ask for it lol. I believe what happened was I left the bark on and was pulling it off as it loosened during floor tillering. This knot was holding down the bark so I didn't see it until I got to removing it this morning. So that was my error. The bow still may have broke but I could have left the limb wider and even reduced my draw weight and length. It was still a neat piece to work on. Shaping wood never gets old, success or failure:)

[FilipT]

Like I said, dogwoods are weird with their knots seemingly made of a different wood!

[High-Desert]

Nooooo! I was really enjoying watching this bow be made.

Eric

[High-Desert]

I had this exact same break in a vine maple almost bow. Lifted at the knot, but brokea few inches from the knot. So is the solution to leave the area on either side of the knot a bit thicker to prevent the lift? Maybe I just answered my own question, but I wouldn't have foreseen this until it was too late.

Eric

[FilipT]

From my experience, leaving just a 0,5" of wood around knot seems to disable problems, but at the same time I am aware that different woods respond differently. Maybe these dogwoods really need a lot of wood around the knots to disable possibility of breaking.

[shofu]

Super bummer Blayne! That was looking great  -  how did the wood feel compared to others when you did shoot it?
G