Bow looks good i really like the wood combination. Looks like your form and hoses worked out well.

thanks rmorris

Maddog: Yeah the hose worked great I had to rebuild the valve stem it was bent but I had extras.

So I have got the limbs mounted and shaped but I think it is a little heavy like 55-60 lbs how much weight can I lose by narrowing and trap.ping the limbs shooting for 35-40 lbs ish

I dropped a one piece longbow 10# by narrowing and trapping the limbs.  It got pretty narrow and I wouldn't want to try dropping it any more.  You're looking at a 15# reduction, so that's certainly pushing it.  Maybe a better option would be to finish the bow as is and make another lighter set of limbs for it.

If you have enough width you can narrow it and round over the edges to get to your weight but you need to be careful with the limb stability- John's option is a good idea too ; )

Did you go with the straight taper or curved edges? If you went with curved taper, you have some wiggle room there to lose some.

Well I had went with a curved taper so I straightened it and narrowed it down to 1 1/2" @ the fades and 1/2" at the tips and I'm at 50lbs @28" draw so roughly 40lbs @ 24" draw for the wife so im pretty good.

So now im having trouble with the tiller the top limb is straight when stung @ brace and the bottom is a D shape so just need to fine tune it and see how it looks.