Tiller going away

[DC]

I just put a bow that I made last fall back on the tree just to check the weight. The top limb is way weak. It was good last fall. It's a spliced bamboo backed yew. It's a nice shooter so it's had a few thousand arrows through it I would guess. Could this be caused by the high humidity we've had all summer?

[bowmo]

Hmmm....bamboo backed bows are the ones I never have an issue with this one older bows.

The glue lines still all solid? I once was super confused by why an RD I was working on suddenly seemed so hinged coming out of the fades till I realized  glue line was letting go for a few inches. I ended up just filling it with super glue and saved it.

[Eric Krewson]

I had a 6 year old bow go strong in the top limb while it was sitting up unused, I retillered it and it is holding well so far.

[DC]

Glue line looks good, no chrysals.

[sleek]

Had it happen a few times with osage self bows. In a period of weeks with one.

[loon]

What if you try balancing it on your knee like a horn bow? I have to do that with my bamboo self bow from Mead Longbows. grabbing the weak limb mid-limb, put the knee on the strong limb belly mid-limb and other hand on the tip of the strong limb and pull

Maybe a little bit of heat?..

[DC]

I took a few scrapes off the strong limb. We'll see what happens. Hopefully it's not the humidity or I'll be scraping the other limb in the fall.

[wizardgoat]

Do you hang your bows up or lean them in the corner?

[Selfbowman]

Has the bow got a stiff handle?  Need pics.

[DC]

Stiff handle. Yes, I stand it in a corner, but I swap ends when I use it

[PEARL DRUMS]

Worst way on planet earth to store a wood(en) bow DC.

[Pat B]

not good for FG bow either!

[Eric Krewson]

I gave a friend an oak bow and forgot to tell him how to store it. He called about 6 months later and told me there was something wrong with his bow. Turns out he stood it up in a corner of his garage, the bottom limb had acquired a strung profile when it was unstrung, I couldn't fix it.

[BowEd]

Enough said.

[DC]

I've been trying to come up with a rack that will "fit the decor" and hold 10-20 bows. Making another bow always seems to take precedence over a rack. I guess right now while it's really to humid to work on a bow is a good time.