Should have left well enough alone. Made a ipe bow backed with bamboo, 65" nock groove to nock groove. Was pulling 54@28" and tillered for 3 under. Decided to reduce weight to 45@28" if possible. Ran into a problem on tiller. When l got it straighened out, bow was at 36@28". Anyone have a swag on how much to shorten it to get to about 45@28". Would it be possible to glue a taper on the belly and re- tiller? Thanks, Don

Cut 2 inches off each end and retiller. You will gain 10 pounds.

or add a thin piece of ipe or osage to the belly and retiller.

Put some GLASS on that Bad Boy....     

I saved a bamboo backed osage that came in under weight by adding a bamboo belly lam, prepped the same as I would a bamboo backing, just a little thicker. I then tillered like it was any other type of belly wood turned out great.