No complaints on speed. Off the draw board I put three shots with a 498 grain arrow at 28"@50.5 lbs. I got a 176, 176 and 174.

The next set of limbs I have planned to try tip wedges and see what that does.

Nice DFC and good numbers.  Looking forward to seeing it with tip wedges.

  What a Steal....   Craftsman 10" saw...  10 quick clamps and a self centering dowel jig...  All for $90...   

   I should be in jail...   

   That 10" saw is a solid saw...  Great for cutting out risers...

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I guess it's ok..

Better than that dumb sander...

Been working on a new bow, third one ever and went fancy with some recurve. Thoroughly regretting flipping the tips so early as I've no clue how to tiller it now. Advice? It's at 24" 28lbs. 58" osage selfbow. I'm shooting for 40-50lbs at 30 but well aware that at this point I'll probably need to cut off an inch or two to get that.       

Tiller actually looks very nice.

But I see the edges of the limbs are square.

Get those edges rounded over before tillering.

Rasp facets in then sand a bit.

Heard some notsonice crackling when I pulled it back a bit more. Hopefully rounding the edges a bit like you suggest will help a bit. If not, I got some firewood at least.

Take a cotton ball and run it up and down the limbs and see if any splinters snag it.

Quote from: Roy from Pa on January 22, 2019, 06:49:10 PM
Take a cotton ball and run it up and down the limbs and see if any splinters snag it.

Roy and cotton balls!  Why does that seem like a natural fit?

LOL now yer gonna get those 2 old Missouri and Indiana guys all excited.

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A lot of good bow work going on here none for me playing with the Chicago ice my 70 yr old plow partner wasnt as fortunate I avoided it & he walked away without a scratch we both went to waly world for new shorts   

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Glad you guys are ok, Ritchie..

Uh oh, shorts are off the highway....


Good to hear that everyone is well.

Rich, that saw is worth $80 so I'll give ya $10 for the clamps and you can keep the dowel jig as profit....

Roy, what 2 MO guys? Thought I was the only one...

Ritchie, were both you guys in the truck?  Man , glad you're OK , you can get new shorts!!  Snow ain't bad but ice is miserable to drive/slide on!! 

Nope I was not in his truck , I was in my own truck he is lucky for sure me 2 going play the lotery this week end  we had 9 tons of salt on both trucks he says he thinks he is retiring this year...lol

Ouch! Guess even plows can loose traction. Looks like he slid out on that 90 degree corner.
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That's a pretty small work area, but I can see where it would heat up quick 

Is that a Momma Bear. I've been heating with one for over 40 years. Great wood stoves.
A1, tiller looks good. Make the right limb the bottom. It's a bit stiffer than the left. You tiller recurves just like any other bow.

Quote from: skeaterbait on January 23, 2019, 01:55:35 PM
That's a pretty small work area, but I can see where it would heat up quick 

Been working cold for too long, wanted a sauna like experience
Pat, that is a Momma Bear and your right it is a great stove.