New guy, Hickory molly/pyr hybrid

[E. Jensen]

Hey everyone, I'm a relatively new bowyer, made less than a dozen so far.  Here is the last bow I finished.  Its a molly/pyramid hybrid with shorter levers, maybe 6-7" and sinew wrapped nocks and its slightly trapped with a tempered belly.  Its not perfect but I measured 145 fps with a 515gn arrow.  I was hoping for higher and maybe my chronograph isn't working right but that's acceptable right?

[huisme]

Certainly looks like good tiller, but maybe you can remove mass from the levers? The mark of a good molle is light, very narrow levers. Perhaps a front profile shot could help?

Levers also don't need to be much more than double the thickness of the working limb to be completely stiff and lever-like, and can be tapered toward the tip just slightly. Lots of time refining a scrape at a time can get you the perfect lever if you don't have the experience to just whack it out.

[E. Jensen]

Yes they taper to about 1/4x1/4 at the tip and are much thinner width than the working limb.

[Swampman]

Tiller does look good to me.  Nice work.

[Badly Bent]

Looks good to me too, don't be shy about posting more pictures of it, we like the pics. here.

[ajbruggink]

Its a fine bow to me. 145 fps is probably faster than any bow I've made. How heavy is the draw weight?

[E. Jensen]

Oh right I left that out!!  50-55#

[ssgtchad]

Is the top limb longer than the bottom?