Bow Help

[Wolf Watcher]

Need help with figuring out how much I need to shape the limbs on this osage blank!!   Pokie

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[Wolf Watcher]

Same bow with early tiller.  Where on the limb do I need to remove more material off?     Pokie

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[woodstick]

hard to see right now, still real stiff. looks like left limb is bending a little more than right one for now. get a little more bend in the limbs and repost pics.

[Dano]

Out of the fades the limbs match well, but the right limb gets stiff in the middle third, get that bending the same and I'd put that bow on a short string.

[GregB]

I agree, I'd go 6" to 8" out from the fade on the right limb and take some wood off slowly to match the other limb. They both look pretty thick yet, but hard to tell how much weight they're at. After you get the right limb matching the other, like Dano said you should get the bow to a low brace and put it on a tillering tree if you have one. That way you can get an idea of the draw weight while watching the draw length at the same time.

[George Tsoukalas]

Left limb stiff out of the fades and mid limb on. Right limb much stronger all over. I long string tillr out to 10 inches of string movement and check weight. I want 5 # over final target weight. More on my site and some buildalongs. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

[George Tsoukalas]

After 10 inches of string movement then I string it with the short string. Jawge

[Wolf Watcher]

Thanks for the help!!  Should I be concerned with the crooked limb?  The string seems to pass through the middle of the bow!  I'm finding that making bows is a lot tougher that knapping!  Pokie

[GregB]

If the string looks like it is centering on the handle, either limb should work for your top limb. If it is slightly to one side, that might help you decide which limb you'd want to shoot for your top limb. Hope that make's sense...