Just remember that every failed bow is one more lesson learned , every broken bow , henge , or missed weight mark will teach you what not to do on the next one .
I stepped out of my comfort zone of working with osage and worked with other woods , the first was chittamwood , had it close but had a spot about three inches long that was stiff on one limb that needed scraped some more , I pulled it back one too many times before working that spot out and it blew , I'm fighting a Kentuky coffee tree now , string doesn't want to line up center of the handle even when I've heated it , one limb is getting away from me on the tillering tree , I had heat treated the bow and was trying to even the tiller up and a couple of passes with the scrapper and the limb that was too stiff suddenly went soft and now looks whip tillered , lesson on this one : be sure the wood you are working is dry enough to be worked , had the stave in the house for two months , cut it down to shape and a straight stave began warping on me , bought a moisture meter and checked one of the other staves and the moisture was still over 24% . Got another with some bulk removed and drying now but still haven't given up on the first one yet ( also have another chittamwood ready for the tillering tree , after looking a little closer at it I may have an idea of how to get it to work out ) .
