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I guess I was lucky that the first bow I made lasted that long!
I think I pulled it back a couple more inches than normal to get a bit more power... and it just snapped. The top half went flying but I remained unhurt (:
Just before I'd noticed some stress marks along the belly of the bow but didn't think too much of them since my other bow has some as well and it's fine. Not sure what actually started the break. On the back there is a tool mark that the split in the maple started from, but it the whole break started further up in the walnut belly... I don't think it was the lamination as the start of the fracture is in the wood, which then goes out to the weakness at the join, and then back into some fault in the walnut.
I also didn't warm up the bow much and hadn't shot it for a month or so - maybe that's a reason for it? It had coped being drawn that far back before, even though the 'official' length was less.
In any case, very sad to see it go. It was close to my heart as my first 'proper' self-made bow. I think I'll have to glue it up and put it above the mantelpiece.
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