jd, those bows came out nice. you're a talented teacher.
when I attended such a class, i walked away with a mediocre bow. not the teachers fault, but there were too many students in the class for adequate time per student. but what the class did accomplish, was to take my fear of screwing up beyond recovery. i learned that if i go slowly and concentrate on what i'm doing i can turn out a bow that shoots. maybe not the fastest and maybe no perfect tiller, but that, i think comes with experience. the rest is devouring every written word i could find about bowyery, be it in books or on the web and talking to generous people who don't mind sharing their experience on forums like this. so, what i'm trying to say is: do the class, loose the fear, learn the basics and then start cranking them out, because every bow you make will be better than the previous one.
