Black locust 50#@25", and she broke

[mikekeswick]

Yes I guess your fades were too steep. Any internal angle is known as a stress riser and concentrates forces. Add that too the grain being 'violated' at the fades and a bow that is a wee bit short......and the house of cards starts to topple! Maybe the lower limb was a shade weak too? Can't really tell for certain from here.
Sleek gluing that back together is a BAD idea! Ticking time bomb! Bows should ideally be flawless as we are straining the #@+*'s off them regularly and bad things can happen when something fails.

[Stick Bender]

Sucks Man been there !

[bradsmith2010]

I agree,, if you make the fades a little more gradual next time it should work,

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I try extendin the fades out a bit more on the next one. The fades are 2" long, but that's going from 2 1/8" limbs to 7/8" at the narrow part of the handle. Typically the limbs are 1.5-1.75" wide with a 1" handle. So a lot more gentle transition for the same length fade.

Thanks,
Kyle

[sleek]

Yes I guess your fades were too steep. Any internal angle is known as a stress riser and concentrates forces. Add that too the grain being 'violated' at the fades and a bow that is a wee bit short......and the house of cards starts to topple! Maybe the lower limb was a shade weak too? Can't really tell for certain from here.
Sleek gluing that back together is a BAD idea! Ticking time bomb! Bows should ideally be flawless as we are straining the #@+*'s off them regularly and bad things can happen when something fails.

Maybe I am a bit to bold at times. Id still do it though. Maybe with a coupke sinew wraps in strategic places.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

If I still had it I would give it a shot and see what happens. But I let him take it to with what he wants with it. A momento of his first bow, that lasted all of 5 minutes. it would be interesting to see how well it would hold up if glued back together and wrapped.

Kyle

[sleek]

If I still had it I would give it a shot and see what happens. But I let him take it to with what he wants with it. A momento of his first bow, that lasted all of 5 minutes. it would be interesting to see how well it would hold up if glued back together and wrapped.

Kyle

I had a hickory bow break like that once. I used tb3, and glued it back. That was 2 years ago and I still shoot the bow sometimes. Id try to get it back from him and give it a go.