Pignut hickory self bow (Updated with finished pics)

[Living_waters]

Good looking hickory bow!

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Looks like she turned out turned out pretty sweet

[red hill]

Beautiful bow, Sporthunter. Nice job.

[SportHunter]

Thanks for all the positive comments, way more than I expected. Now on to the next project    

[PrimitiveSniper66]

Paul wow nice bow, was gone in oil field in TX for the month no inter net in the sticks, flew back the 29th and checked it out monday night glad you put the pignut to good use it makes a good hunting bow should send that stone tip arrow I sent you right to the pump station on a deer, keep in touch. Good job & God bless & good hunting. Curt

[George Tsoukalas]

That tiller is just about one of the best I've seen on a recurve. Stunning! Jawge

[Bert Frelink]

Beautifull work, well done!!!!!
Bert.  

[Eric Krewson]

Your bow is absolutely stunning, but.......

Your bottom limb looks really weak in the full draw picture.

[SportHunter]

Eric, you have a good eye. I measured tiller, shot the bow about 70 times, 90% with the bottom limb up. Measured again & the results are the top limb measures at 7 5/16, the bottom 7 7/16 for about 1/8'' difference. Before shooting today the difference was the same. Looks like I'm going to flip the grip, shoot some more, and re-check limbs with gizmo etc. I have weight to spare if needed but I really like how it shoots now so I may not scrape the limbs if the gizmo is pretty close. The bow now has roughly 250 shots taken and shoots quite nicely.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I hate it when Erics right!  

[Eric Krewson]

Sometime photos distort things, looked a little more to me. Like I said in another thread, it is almost always the bottom limb that goes weak.

I have cut an inch off a bunch of limbs to keep poundage up when the bottom limb of one of my bows went weak.

With a gizmo tillering job I check the limb tiller one foot down from the string nocks on each limb.

At normal brace what is the distance from string to belly one foot down from the nocks?

[PEARL DRUMS]

On a serious note. I agree with you Eric. The bottom limb weakens first, especially for 3 under shooters. I build a 1/8-1/4 stiff bottom limbs. I dont need to measure to see it usually.

[SportHunter]

Measurements taken 12" from the string nocks are 4 7/8" on bottom limb & 4 5/8" on top so 1/4" difference overall.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Flip it over and your good to go Sport.

[Eric Krewson]

If you shoot three under you are about 1/4 to 3/8" weak on the bottom limb, split 3/8" to 1/2" depending on where it shoots the best.

[SportHunter]

I shoot split finger. Please clarify. I plan on flipping the bow over, any other recommendations?

[PEARL DRUMS]

Flip it over and shoot it. If it feels good in hand call it a bow and dress it up nice.