Well I have measured and whittled for days and my walnut selfbow looks great. Unfortunately, looks won't send an arrow down range. It's a 60" bow which should suit me well with my 27" draw. I made it from a small 6"-8" tree and the curve of the young tree has made it difficult to tiller, the middle is still thick and the edges are thinner than I had planned. Still looks good except for the top limb has a "snakey" shift and then corrects so that both nock ends are almost perfectly in line. The bow wants to hinge at the bend which is about 5" above the 2" fade from the static handle. Should I thin this 5" section way down to see if the hinge will go away or just grab a new piece of wood??? I can accept failure, but would rather not!!