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Offline PatM

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Re: Bow fail diagnosis request
« Reply #45 on: March 30, 2020, 08:58:39 am »
Marc, I can see getting away with a long diagonal runout of grain across the length of the bow but that runout almost vertically through the depth looks like a killer.

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Re: Bow fail diagnosis request
« Reply #46 on: March 30, 2020, 02:03:55 pm »
Marc, I can see getting away with a long diagonal runout of grain across the length of the bow but that runout almost vertically through the depth looks like a killer.

It's not.  As long as you have good glue-up a bow like that will survive

P.S.  Here is the top limb of a bow I made last year.  You can see the grain in the wood is a bit wonky.  I've shot this bow quite a bit

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