black locust complete

[cowboy]

Ahha! finally got the pictures to take . Cool lookin bow! I tend to agree with Eric though - I like em to bend more right out of the fades.

[George Tsoukalas]

Congratulations on a fine bow. Listen to Eric. You have. Lots of  experience to lean on here. I wish I had all these  self wood bowyers to help me when I started. On the lower limb  get more near handle  wood bending.  All the bending is taking place  mid  limb. If it is not a hinge it's pretty close. On the upper limb, mid limb on needs to bend  more  and the near handle  wood needs  to bend too. Have fun.THere's tillering info on my site.  Jawge

[Papa Matt]

Robb--You say they're not hinges- just where the wood snakes. Do you mean that part of the bow has a natural bend toward the string? If not, then they would be hinges and will seriously damage your bow and it will not last for long. If they are natural angles in the wood toward the string, then as long as everything else is bending equally, and that you are bending comming out of the fades, you should be ok.  I have bows like that.

~~Papa Matt

[Jesse]

Cool looking bow Robb. I consider it as a success. Its still in one piece which is an accomplishment in itself. Handle looks very cool.  Listen to the advice given. Each bow is a learning tool. My problem is I can never remember what I learned
                           Jesse

[adb]

Looks to me from the full draw photo, that you might have a bit of a hinge in the middle of the bottom limb. Maybe it's just the camera angle. Can you take some full draw pics from a full right angle?

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

from what ive heared about black locust, it wont take tillering abuse. IE chryssalls at hinges. are there any chryssals at the spots in question?

at any rate, well done, and youll do even better on the next one

Phil

[robbsbass]

here is the bow unstrung

[robbsbass]

another angle

[robbsbass]

Thanks you guys, being that tiis was my first, and it hasn't broken yet, well I guess thats a plus. I have shot it about 125 times now, so far so good. I appreciated all the help that I recieved
and the critique afterwards.

                Thanks r
Robb

[DanaM]

Thats one heck of a whoop te do in that limb, I think you did a great job on her. Shoot it and enjoy

[robbsbass]

No crystaling so far and touth wood, haha everything seems to be working fine. The reason I left wood at the handle was to keep the weight up , but I promise I will get better with experience

[robbsbass]

Ok Dana and the rest of my new friends. Is that a hinge or a bend from the snake?
                 

[sailordad]

looks like hinges in both limbs to me also

[Ryano]

Yep, maybe this picture will help you. I put red marks where the bow is bending to much and green marks where it could bend a bit more.  Nice job anyways for your first attempt. They should only get better from here.

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[robbsbass]

Thanks Ryano,
Those lines you put in really help. Is it to late to take a little more wood from the area of the green lines, or would I lose the poundage, or just gain a little draw length which would be nice.

             Robb