Maple Backed Walnut Tiller Check

[Yooper Bowyer]

Here is one in progress, it is 68.5" ntn, a hair under 1.5" wide in the middle, and about 16oz.  It has about one inch of glued in reflex.  The backing is rather thick, so I rounded it.  There is some run out in the belly so I am shooting for only about 40# @ 27".

How does the tiller look?

P.s.  The limb with the extra string hanging off is designated lower limb right now.  I have shown a view of each side.

[Kidder]

Can you confirm your design - English longbow style, etc?

[bownarra]

Need to know what the front profile is.
But its bending too much in the middle at the moment.

[Yooper Bowyer]

The limbs are parallel in the inner two feet, and then taper to 1/2" knocks.  I am shooting for a plain D-bow.

[RyanY]

Needs more bend in the outer limbs. I wouldn’t touch the inner third/half of the bow right now. Shorten up that long string.

[bownarra]

Mid to outer limbs need to bend a fair bit more. On the top picture be careful to mark that section on the mid/inner left limb it is starting to hinge.
The tiller should be elliptical. Middle hardly bending and as you move out towards the tips the bend should progressively increase.