Tillering pix of "Ol' Cracker"

[Mulberry River]

What a great weekend it's been!  My new Kaibab II came in yesterday a.m. & it's super!  I applied some Spider Leggs to it last night, then went fishing for Smallmouth @ the Big Piney Creek with my son after working this a.m.  We put on our waders & fished for a couple hours & it was beautiful, although chilly (invigorating).  Then I shot a couple dozen arras through the Chaparral & I COULD NOT hear the string; only the sound of my glove swishing off the serving!!  I'm gonna try recording it tomorrow afternoon.  Can't believe how quiet it is...  Braced @ 7.25" which eased down to 7" after a couple hours.  52# @ 28#, 60" AMO. Wow...  
Anyhow, here's a couple of shots of a white oak selfbow I'm trying to salvage.
 
As you might guess by the name I had a lil' prollem trying to short-string it too early on.
 
She's drawing 56# @ 23.5" here.
 
Let me know what you think.  Any idea how much more wood I need to scrape to hit 57# at 28"??  I want to finish out at 52# @ 28" after all is said & done.
 
She cracked in the upper fade through the arrow rest area, so I got as much Titebond III as I could in that crack, clamped her down tite, then laminated a (thick) paper-thin layer of the same wood over the whole strike-plate area & clamped it down good n Tite.  So far she's holding up.  Please give me your thoughts on the tiller.    

[Luke Vander Vennen]

Mid limb needs to bend more on both limbs. It probably cracked on you because the fade area was bending too much and was under too much stress.

[Mulberry River]

Thanks, Luke.  That's the area I've been working on.  Actually, the distal portion of the mid-limb is where she's been showing a flat zone with the scraper test method I'm using.  Almost had a hinge right at mid-limb.  Does that jive with the picture?

[mmgrode]

Definitely stay away from the fade areas for now. The rest of the limbs look fine, just watch those fades!!