First attempt at a snake. New and improved with finished photos

[GREG IN MALAD]

This is my first attempt at building a snakey bow. It's a piece of mulberry that was given to me by a fellow board member, thank you Jamey. Because it was a gift I cant mess it up. So I'm taking my time and asking for all the help I can get.
I'm going to back it with skins so I backed it with linen to make sure it doesn't break. Here it is at brace height. It feels like its around 60 lbs right now, I'm after 45#@28" so there should be plenty to work with.
 

It has some propeller twist so it looks different from each side. The top limb is on the left.
 

And here the top limb is on the right.
 

[SEMO_HUNTER]

After seeing enough of your work Greg, I'm sure it will be a looker when you get done with it.

Looks real good so far. I've never worked with mullberry so I can't really offer any advice on that part but as far as selfbows go your looking good.

[broketooth]

lookin good so far. rv

[okie64]

Lookin good Greg. Its goin to be a sweet lookin bow. Pretty sure you wont mess it up, like semo said we've all seen your work.  

[DVSHUNTER]

good looking mulberry greg. I don't see any snake though.    

can't wait to see it finished.

[GREG IN MALAD]

I took a little off at midlimb. Here it is 40#@20" The propeller twist is making the right side look flat. I think I need to remove a bit more at midlimb, on both sides.


 


The upper limb is on the right
 

The upper limb is on the left
 

[Osagetree]

Looking good!

[Stiks-n-Strings]

That is gonna make a fine bow for sure. That's the kind of staves I love

[Asafan]

Success! Tiller such stick - the present adventure, I know it by the experience   .

[Mark Smeltzer]

Hey Greg,
I think that it's looking really good. I would just keep going just like you are. Taking pictures while you are  tillering and looking closely at them helps a ton.  
Just out of curiosity, what is the length?

Mark

[okie64]

Yep, I would take some strokes from midlimb out Greg.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Mark, I think it's 67".
I took some off at midlimb this morning before work, it looks better. While I was at it I narrowed it from midlimb to the tips, the bow lost 2 ounces of mass weight and only dropped 1# of draw weight.

[Mark Smeltzer]

Yea, good move I looked at it after okie said mid limb and out and it is a little stiff.
I bet it looks great, are you using the mass calculator that I think badger came up with?

Mark

[GREG IN MALAD]

I am the mass principle chart, I used it on "Lumpy" and it came out really nice.

[K30bowfisher]

Looks like Lumpy might be my second favorite bow of yours now. That looks really good. I can't wait to see it for myself.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Hey Lane, I have some elm and vine maple stored in the basement if you want to build one too.

[K30bowfisher]

That sounds like a great winter project. Thanks Greg.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Another weekend gone and it's almost finished. I was able to shoot it today and I think it's a keeper. It draws 47#@28" and weighs 19 ounces. Since I started using Steve Gardner's mass formula my bows are shooting much better. Here it is braced at 6". I still have a couple pounds draw weight to play with so if anything looks bad let me know.

 

Here it is drawn to 28" with the top limb on the right.
 

And with the top limb on the left. The propeller twist is giving me fits, it makes one limb always look flatter.
 

This was the side profile when I started.
 

And here are the wiggles.
 

[okie64]

Looks Great to me Greg. Those wiggles are really nice. How does she shoot?

[coaster500]

It's making a great looking bow.....

Can't wait to see it finished