What happened?

[pintail_drake2004]

Hey yall i was finally able to finish my bow after my whole back injury ordeal, my bros has been done for some time now, and it looked great. I put on my finish and let it dry. String it up and shoot several dozen arrows and my bro starts to notice something...The bottom limb is starting not to bend as much as it did befor about 12" from the tip. So much so that it moved my brace height(less than 1/4"). I dont have any pics cuz no camera. I used the straight edge when tillering and had a local bow maker come out before i finished it to give it the once over as well. This is my first bow, a Dryad Hedge and cocobola pulling 55# at 26". since i dont have any pics i hope that this is a good enough explaination of what is going on. Will it make much difference? what, if anything can be done?
Thank you
Pintail

[pine nut]

My best guess is that you may not have exercised the limbs by floor tillering enough after scraping the limbs in tillering.  Don' ask how I know this!  I thought ten times  was enough but forty is a lot better.  I wonder if you had a hinge form somewhere else?

[Big Dave]

It sounds like you might have a slight hinge next to the stiff part of limb. My 2cents

[pintail_drake2004]

Ok then if its a henge then how do i fix it?

[pintail_drake2004]

ttt

[longbowhntr]

I'm no expert by any means, but if it is a hinge you will have to scrap next to it to even out the limb. However then you will probably have to scrap the other limb to even things back up. You will probably drop some pounds in the process.
It is really hard to say for sure without seeing the bow. You might want to get the "local bow maker" to take a look at it before you start taking any wood off.

Maybe someone who really knows what they are doing will chime in and give you some advise.

Good luck David