I have a 1970's kodiak magnum I got from the auction site. I've had it over a month now and shot it many hundreds of times, probably well over a thousand times.
Well the other night I was bored and decided to wax the bow. Well when I did that the wax showed me that there are a number of tiny cracks in the bow. They are shaped like an H with the bow held vertical the H would be upright. Their are 3-4 of these in random spots on the back of the bow.
The largest one is about 1/32 of an inch wide and maybe 1/16" high.
I imagine they've been there since I got it and putting wax in the cracks made them visible. Is this bow no longer safe to shoot?
I recently made a nickel sized part of my hand look like hamburger while tillering my first bow, so I've no desire to do this to my face.
Is there something I could do to help this? They're so tiny I don't know if pictures would even help.
Would putting a snake skin backing on the bow prevent the cracks from growing? Could I fill them with epoxy or fiberglass resin?
Try posting this on the collecting forum. Their are lots of good bow doctors that hang out there.
Since I haven't read it as yet, I don't know if this is covered in the information, but it can't hurt looking at it.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=005125
It's in the Trad history/collecting section of the forum.
Typically total limb failure(collapsed limb) in glass lam bows doesn't amount to much more than that.I would shoot her till she blows or you expire whichever comes first.