I'm going to second 7 Lakes. Not because I have done one, but I have had several email conversations with Mike and he is a great guy. Very helpful and he just genuinly wants you to love the bow AND the proccess. Plus, from a reviews stand point you'd have a pretty difficult time finding an unhappy customer from either his u-finish bows or the ones he finishes. Either way, 1) excellent arrows! Now I can't wait to see the bow you guys do! And, 2) Super cool idea with building it with your brother. I wish my brother would go trad, he just hasn't learned to be comfortable with "failure", and trad archery is just too humbling for some. Good luck!