With the final triming it will be a looker and a good shooter I hope.

Looks good so far! 2 questions:
Will you be covering that limb alignment pin hole on the back of the limb?
How long are your limb pads?
On that limb bolt, I have had the insert come loose before when I drill and insert it from the back side of the riser. The epoxy never failed it would seem to just break the wood around it and pull out.
I now drill the initial hole from the back throught the riser to the belly side, the size of the bolt, usually 5/16. Than I use this hole to counterbore the bigger hole for the insert, drilling from the belly side to the back, about half way through the riser. Than I insert the insert, up to the end of the counterbore. These sizes are for 5/16-18 bolts, if you use 1/4" adjust accordingly. To cover up the hole on the belly side of the riser I lam a piece of thin stock over it, matching the risers look.
No failures yet!

I'll have to measure the limb pads after I do the final limb to riser shaping. The limb alignment hole on the limb was drilled straight through then covered with the cocobolo overlay.


The insert hole was drilled from the front. I use smoothon on the threads as I insert it with a 5/16 bolt and a jam nut.

Looking good Jim.

Shawn

Looking good.  Can't wait to see the finished product.  Chad

I haven't worked on this bow unless my buddy is there. I'm letting him do most of it so he learns and just provide advice when he is getting ready to do some irreversable damage.

Maybe  this weekend we can get it to the shooting stage.

I bet he is gonna love it when he shoots the first arra off it!!

You are gonna let him shoot it first , right?  :D

Yeah I'm going to... if I can control myself! LOL!

One of my buddy's "self correcting" mistakes. Belt sander is only your friend when you feed it wood..

That cocobolo overlay looks awesome with those brass washers!

Yeah I think it will be awesome looking bow when finished. My buddy is picking up bowmaking pretty fast. I think he will have enough knowledge to get his own started when we are done with this one.

Ouch Someone drew first blood.  Its looking good there Jim.