One limb,too much reflex? FULL DRAW ADDED

[Roy from Pa]

Yes pictures makes it easier to see the problems. Now it's like this Chris, it doesn't look real good. You see right outside of both  fades how much it is bending? And then look at the limbs, they are both flat. Your going to miss your intended draw weight by a lot, but you need to take wood off both mid limbs. And USE THE TILLERING GIZMO...

[KellyG]

Pearl durms stay off them fades at all cost.

Word of caution tough listen to Ray Stevens Ballot of the Blue Cyclone before you invite other to your fun.
Roy I never jumped over any biggins to get to a good rumble they were always warm up. Heck I ain't big at all. That whole size of the dog thing ya know.
I put up some pic on my thread you can make all up if ya want though.
Kelly

[John Lipinski]

Those fades kinda sorta seriously scare me...

[PEARL DRUMS]

I took ALOT more off mid limb, tip's and got the limbs bending much better. I lost about 6-8#. I have shot it least 50 times and it shoots good. Its quiet, feels decent in hand and chucks a 50-55 cedar straight and fairly hard. I am going to shoot it for a week to see what happens, if all is well I will stain it and seal it. I have a hickory backed hickory read for glue now!  

[KellyG]

Pearl could you post some more PICs of it please.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Yup, I will have one of the boys snap one. It is what it is now, I dont need another 35# laying around. If it breaks while shooting it in due to poor tiller.....I will build another!    

[Roy from Pa]

It does look a little better, but I'm sure you see what we are talking about by now. If you glued on a handle section and the limbs are bending close into the handle, the glue joint could pop loose, not saying it will, but might. Shoot it and have fun and make another. I finish one bow and jump right into making another bow, cause I love it..

I've built my share of 35 pounders in the past:) Wish we lived closer Chris, I'd learn ya how it's done. It looks to me like you are not working slow enough. Once I get my bow braced at 6.5 inches. I run the gizmo up and down the limbs, looking for serious flat spots. Then I pull the bow on the tree 30 times to 8 inches of draw, then I pull it to 8 inches and lock it there and run the gizmo up and down both limbs. Take it off the tree and scrape the lines off that the gizmo put on. Then back on the tree for another 30 times of pulling. If all looks fairly ok, I'll pull it 30 times to 9 inches, lock it down and run the gizmo on the limbs. Take it off the tree and scrape off the lines the gizmo put on. Back on the tree for another 30 times and then gizmo it. Then on the tree another 30 times to 10 inches, then lock it down and gizmo it. I do this for every inch of draw down to my final draw length. I pull a bow prolly 700 to 800 times in the tillering process.

Sure Kelly post a mug shot. I'll draw some pretty things on it and post it back here. LOL:)

[PEARL DRUMS]

Slow? Never heard of it. Its my BIGGEST problem. I have one gear and always learn backwards, been that way for 38 years! Roy SW PA cant be too far from CTL MI can it?

[KellyG]

lol not falling for that one roy. I was saying I got some PIC up on my thread.
How many times do you scrap it?

If the had pops off you can just glue on a longer on I would think and help stop the hinge.
Kelly

[Roy from Pa]

I'll scrape the line off and then maybe 5 or 6 more scrapes across the whole belly width scraping from riser towards limb tips, making sure the limb thickness is the same on both long edges. Then you have to excerise the bow 30 times.

A longer handle will not work, it will pop off for sure. Ah come on Kelly, post a mug shot, how much worse could I make it look? LOL:)