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State Trad Bowhunting Orgs => MONTANA - Traditional Bowhunters of Montana => Topic started by: Madake2Osage on April 20, 2008, 12:13:00 PM
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I've just taken a Shag Bark Hickory core with a Madake Bamboo backing bow off the mold. I was trying one of Dean Torges mold designs. It incorporates a single center post. (I generally use two center posts, about 4 inches apart. Anyway, sometime during the setup period the Hickory splintered just under the bamboo backing, (center of the handle). It is a splinter kind of thing that goes from one side to the other, about 1 inch in length. Suggestions for repair would certainly be appreiciated. As you know, Madake is hard to come by and I do not want to give up on this bow.
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Only suggestion I would have would be superglue but you might want to ask Walt Francis, he has a lot of experience with wood bows. Joseph
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Thanks for replying. I have superglued the break and it hs held up through tillering. I just wondered if there were any oter ways to go. Thanks again!
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Can u buy fiberglass 1" 8oz. tape, soak in smooth on and wrap the area of interst? Cover with a leather grip and you may be just fine...
Happy hunting,
Jason