RD tiller help

[Arrowbuster]

This is my first rd bamboo backed bow. I was hesitant about putting some bend in it but did it anyway. So my question is do I need to bend more mid limb? Appears to my untrained eye to be crowding the fades?

[Pat B]

I think it does need to bend mid limb.

[bownarra]

Yes mids and outers.
The main problem is your glue-up shape. The deflex section is ok but the trasistion to the reflex should be more gradual. You can achieve this by altering your form or more likely your lams were a bit thick at glue-up meaning that you got that refelxed kink at mid limb. The reflex should be a bit more gradual.
With your stave there it will always look like two stiff spots at the transistion make sure you don't go to far with thinning the limbs here.

[Arrowbuster]

Bownarra, yes that was exactly what I did, I should have taken more off the wood before I glued it up. I know next time. Started taking some out of mid and ends and its looking much better. Thank you for the help guys.