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have been making all types of bows for some time but for whatever reason, I had not backed a bow with hickory until recently and had a surprise. I backed an Ipe stave with a nice clean,well seasoned, edge-grained piece of hickory milled to 1.5 X 3/16. I thought it might be wise to taper each limb like I do with bamboo. At the point where i left floor tillering to string the bow, the hickory lam broke on the edge of the limb. So my questions are:
1. Was this a rare fluke?
2. Would I have been better off to reduce the thickness to 1/16-1/8" over all and not tapered?
Anyway,I removed the hickory and applied bamboo to finish the bow but still embarrassed about the incident. Any thoughts for the Old Timer?
1. Was this a rare fluke?
2. Would I have been better off to reduce the thickness to 1/16-1/8" over all and not tapered?
Anyway,I removed the hickory and applied bamboo to finish the bow but still embarrassed about the incident. Any thoughts for the Old Timer?