New bow for me

[PrimitivePete]

I'll first say that by no means am I a pro at this. This is my second attempt and I like that way she turned out. It's an Osage bow, with rawhide backing and horn tip overlays, she pulls at slightly over 56lb at 27 draw, silent and quiet as can be. If you can let me know if the tiller looks ok, she certainly feels good. I stained her dark because I really plan on using her as my hunting bow this year. I hunt solely on the ground and don't like to give a deer or turkey any advantage.

[KenH]

Looks good.  It does look like the upper limb is bending a hair more, or at least differently, than the lower limb.  You might put it on the tillering tree up against a grid background to check...

[Flem]

Nice job! It does look like you might have a lot of bend at the tips, but hey, if it feels good, thats what matters.

[Roy from Pa]

Congrats on the bow, Pete.

I'll offer some constructive points here.

The area where the blue line is, that isn't bending at all, you want as much of the limb working/bending, as possible.

All the bend starts where the blue arrows are, that could be a problem on down the road.





Below here is more what you are looking for.

[Possum Head]

Adding the oval to the profile really gives perspective. Nice instructional aid Roy! Have fun with the new stick.

[BMorv]

Congrats on the bow!  You did a lot of things right to make it into a shooter, but I agree with Roy on the tiller pointers. Middle of the limbs are taking the majority of the bend.  Take a look at Eric Krewson’s tiller gizmo if you haven’t already.  You’ll get better the more you build.   
It’s really good you got a shooter out of your 2nd attempt.  Mine turned into a 10 piece takedown

[PrimitivePete]

Thanks everyone, stupid question is it fixable, do i scrap off more near the handle ?

[Roy from Pa]

Yes it can be tillered more at this point. And you should tiller it some more to get the areas just outside of both flares bending some. That will relieve some of the stress on the limbs where they are bending too much. Will it end up perfect, most likely not because the limbs already have set induced into them from bending too much already.

But getting those flat areas bending some will help with limb longevity. You did well getting a shooter and your bows will only get better.

Here is the link to the tillering gizmo BMorv mentioned above. Make one and follow Erics directions of using it. It will help you a lot.
http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=108906.0