bow for my wife (updated with profile shot)

[Mad Dog]

Bow looks good i really like the wood combination. Looks like your form and hoses worked out well.

[JkChenault]

thanks rmorris

Maddog: Yeah the hose worked great I had to rebuild the valve stem it was bent but I had extras.

 So I have got the limbs mounted and shaped but I think it is a little heavy like 55-60 lbs how much weight can I lose by narrowing and trap.ping the limbs shooting for 35-40 lbs ish

[jsweka]

I dropped a one piece longbow 10# by narrowing and trapping the limbs.  It got pretty narrow and I wouldn't want to try dropping it any more.  You're looking at a 15# reduction, so that's certainly pushing it.  Maybe a better option would be to finish the bow as is and make another lighter set of limbs for it.

[Trux Turning]

If you have enough width you can narrow it and round over the edges to get to your weight but you need to be careful with the limb stability- John's option is a good idea too ; )

[kennym]

Did you go with the straight taper or curved edges? If you went with curved taper, you have some wiggle room there to lose some.

[JkChenault]

Well I had went with a curved taper so I straightened it and narrowed it down to 1 1/2" @ the fades and 1/2" at the tips and I'm at 50lbs @28" draw so roughly 40lbs @ 24" draw for the wife so im pretty good.

So now im having trouble with the tiller the top limb is straight when stung @ brace and the bottom is a D shape so just need to fine tune it and see how it looks.