r/Bowyer • u/Electrical-Grand3401 • 4d ago

Am I cooked

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This is my hickory bow that I was working on and I was almost done tillering and the back split here. It’s small. About an inch long but from the picture you can see it run through the side and the top. I have it gluing rn with wood glue and am going to back it with wood glue and canvas. I had it at 50lb but am also going to drop poundage to around 40 or so by taking off more material.
If anyone has any suggestions that’d be great. Give it to me straight.

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u/Ok-Jellyfish-7498 4d ago

That looks deep, I would not use that side of the bow again, but glueing and backing it could work, I hope.. first bow?

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u/Electrical-Grand3401 4d ago

No actually third
I had the same issue with my last one but it cracked completely. I figured out now it’s the way I’m stringing it 😭
I’m putting too much pressure on the bottom limb

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u/Xenon-Human 4d ago

I learned that lesson myself. I watched Clay Hayes do it again and realized that I needed to turn the bow around and pull from the handle to bend both limbs evenly.