Thanks for the advice everyone. I usually shoot heavy bows but I just wanna get a nice hunting weight shooter out of my first try with Osage. I'm hoping for 55 pounds give or take 10 pounds, lol. As for the tips, I usually go for bout 3/8" with overlays. Think I'll go with pin nicks for this one though, so I'm guessin even less material will be needed. Been seeing a lot of really cool bows on here with pins.. Kinda made me wanna make a few in that style.