Maple Backed Yew R/D Molle

[DC]

That stick looks great! You make some really nice bows DC - my hats off!

Thanks Simon-means a lot from you.

Very nice DC. That bow really has a nice bend. It doesn't look stressed at all. Beautiful work and some nice numbers.
Bjrogg

Thanks BJ maybe the bow doesn't look stressed but if you could see my forehead

I also like it and it will help me a lot in something similar in ash and in one piece, very flat and wide maybe a bit longer. Thank you for posting pics all the way throug!
Congrats!
B2B

Thanks B2B -If you're going to try one piece I would make it, at least the first one, substantially longer. Maple and Yew can bend a lot and I deflexed it some which also helps.

[RandyN]

DC,,That bow came out great. I know you said you where not satisfied with it yet because it shoots a little slow than another bow. Since the bow is shooting really well, in my opinion, maybe you should call it good and start another one and copy your design to work out possible kinks. Either way, great job.

[DC]

Working on it now

[hoosierf]

Beautiful Don. Well done.

[sleek]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys, but I really think you're over estimating my abilities. Sleek gave me a awful lot of help with this bow.
  I'm not done with this one yet. It's 5-10 fps slower than my BooYew and I want to know why. After I shoot it in(or maybe sooner) I want to balance the tiller a bit and then I'm going to start lightening the levers. I still think the key to acceleration lightness, the more of that you can add, the better. I think splicing on the levers was a mistake as that leaves a big lump of stuff right in the middle of the limb. Maybe a finger joint might be better than a "V" joint but no joint would be the best.
Thanks again for all the nice comments

Being 5-10 fps slower than ones you already built, im mot certain how much you can say i really "helped" you....

Whats each bow weigh? Not draw weight, physical weight...

[Woodely]

Is physical weight reduction what he is after in the end.   

[DC]

This one weighs 483 grams(17oz) and the bow yew is 458 grams(16.2oz). There's more in the handle on this one so they're pretty close. I think the limb splice, lever to limb "V" is heavier than it could be. Next one I'm using a finger joint out there. Should cut off a few grams. I just found some aircraft grade Sitka Spruce, maybe I'll go with that for the levers.

[sleek]

Possible the weight is close but in the wrong spots like you say.
Regardless, that is an absolutely beautiful bow, your craftsmanship is supurb. I love what you did with it.

[DC]

Sitka Spruce doesn't like to bend. 45min of steam, steel strap and kink.

[sleek]

I think possibly the performance difference may also be that maple isnt as good a backing as bamboo. You may just be seeing the performance difference in backing capability.