back me up on tiller... patch installed.

[hedgeapple]

Here's the humidity meter I use in my hotbox.  It has a magnet on the back, so I screwed in a little strip of medal in my hotbox for something to for the magnet to stick to.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/16888914?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=3

Then I use the chart on this link to check the moisture content of the wood by comparing the relative humidity and temp. I printed out this chart, highlight every box from 7.1 to 10.3.  So I have quick reference in my workshop.
http://www.woodworkerssource.com/moisture.php

I tend to believe moisture or lack there of is not the problem.  At this point, it certainly would not hurt to eliminate that issue from the equation.

I, most certainly, am not an expert on whoop-dee-doos.  I've only worked 2 or 3.  They where from 2/3 out to the tips.  I think a whoop-dee-doo at the fades would be the most challenging, because that's where most of the pressure is locate.  And my theory, the kink actually changes the angle of force a bit causing the wood to actually want to bend there more.  I'll leave it to the whoop-dee-doo experts to advice you how to handle it.

[echatham]

Could that crack have been caused by tension when  heating in reflex?

[Pappy]

Yes,very likely and if so probably won't hunt anything, Perfect tiller on a woop t do stave is sometime not possible,you sometimes have to leave them places stiffer and not bending,I know everyone want the prefect tiller and look like a glass bow but that sometimes don't work when you are working with wood and especially wood with some character. 
 Pappy

[artcher1]

I agree with Pappy. That crack (not fret) was more than likely to result of heating and bending in some set-back. Hey, it's all a learning experience. Bet you feel smarter already ..........Art

 

[echatham]

im thinking thats the case.  its the only thing that makes sense.  i will feel better with the patch in place anyway i think.

[dwardo]

Nothing worse than spending all that time on a bow and the chrysal of death shows up, sinking feeling in you guts.

As said above though that does not look like a chrysal to me. Certainly not like any i have seen and i have had my fare share. That looks like the grain was lifted at some point. Rather that two planes failing where they find the weakest point and lifting up a compression chrysal, kind of like tectonic plates meeting and shoving up mountains.  Its becoming more apparent as the wood takes more strain.

I would be tempted to scrape it with a sharp blade from handle to tip just over the area and see if it moves back towards the handle.

[TimBo]

Let's see a post-repair photo!  I hope it all hold together for you.

[echatham]

Dont worry i will.  You guys will see it finished or firewood.... But i anticipate finished.  Haven't glued in the patch yet.  Got busy all of the sudden.  Hopin to get it glued tonight.

[echatham]

glue is curing.  still don't have a toothing iron so i used a knife to score both glue surfaces.  will get it cleaned up tomorrow.

[Dances with squirrels]

Yeah baby, that's what I'm talkin about.

[Danzn Bar]

This one is looking.....veeeerrry interesting. 
DBar

[echatham]

man that is some tedious work getting the edges smoothed over without digging into adjacent wood.  got it as close as i could with a fine tooth file and then about 10 full limb sweeps with 100 grit on each limb and then smoothed both limbs down with 150 and then 220 grit.  can't feel the edges but you can feel a slight hump, which is what i was going for.  by the way it looks like there is a divot below the patch in the first picture, but its not... just some funky coloration of the wood there that makes it look that way.  haven't braced it yet.... got some fatherly duties to attend to.

[Don Case]

Is it possible that whatever caused that discoloration also contributed to the crack?

[echatham]

its possible i guess but i don't think so.  the darker wood was around the knot, and is very hard, but theres only a sliver of it on the limb. im convinced that crack was 100% due to me trying a little to hard to make that humpty less dumpty. 

[Dances with squirrels]

The patch looks good, Eric. You did a good job blending it in. When you start bending the bow again, start from the beginning, as if beginning to tiller a new bow. I would actually start over with a long string just to be safe, and exercise the limbs 40 times or so after each correction and/or at each additional inch of draw. That way the patch will learn to compress a little at a time and you can gauge the bend in that area as you creep down the tree once again. Wishing you the best.