spent some of the afternoon chasing "islands" because of the wavy profile I was working on leaving enough wood in the deflex curves so as not to cause a hinge, conversley, I wanted to remove wood on the deflex curves to even out the bend. stave is starting to bend decent, I shortened the stave to have less twist in the limb tips, the stave is now 68" which is a good length for this so as not to overstress it at a 28" draw. will continue to go slow and test bend often, wont be long I can try a long string on it and put it on a tiller tree. the stave master is very helpful in working this stave, holds it well and can change angles with ease. thanks Keenan.
