I did some more tillering and heat treated it today:
![](http://www.dmcknight.net/forumpics/bowyer/5/draw2.jpg)
It ended up right at 45# at 26", which was the upper end of my goal draw weight.
Also got the handle started.
![](http://www.dmcknight.net/forumpics/bowyer/5/handle.jpg)
It's still a bit boxy, how much can I get away with rounding off the belly side of the handle?
The reason I try to wait as long as possible to make the handle is because it's too hard to resist shooting, and boy does this one shoot great.
![](http://www.dmcknight.net/forumpics/bowyer/5/resting.jpg)
After all this tillering in on a humid day and 50 test arrows, it was showing about 2" of follow and it settled back to 1-1/2" of set. That's probably unacceptable to some, but I can live with it for now. I'm mostly glad to have a nice 40-plus shooter to play with.