First osage bow - Need tillering advice please

[CardboardDuck]

Any advice is greatly appreciated    


Low brace -


68" NTN, 4" handle, 2" fades, 1 1/2" to midlimb and then tapers to 1/2" tips. String tracks nicely down the center.

[Fritz]

I'm just a rookie, but I'll give you my 2 cents. Left limb looks good, right limb looks a little stiff about a third of the limb out of the fade and about 6-10" up from the nock. The fade area on the right might be trying to hinge or could be just the picture. Are you tillering with a gizmo? I'm sure some of the guru's will be along shortly. Great job so far.

[SportHunter]

Left limb looks decent, the right limb appears to have a weak spot or hinge about 12" from tip.

[Roy from Pa]

Yup a weak spot on right limb, stay away from it, take wood off back towards the riser. Do you have a tillering gizmo?

 

Link to gizmo, make yourself one.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001047#000000

[CardboardDuck]

Thanks for the advice! I have been taking this one very slow since my last one broke...

I do not have a tillering gizmo, but it sounds like I need one.

One other question I have - How wide can the handle be? I guess I should ask how narrow can I make it, and how deep does it have to be?

This one has been a lot of fun, not using power tools is interesting    I've done almost all of the work with a rasp and a cabinet scraper. Roughed it out with a draw knife though.

[Fritz]

Do yourself a favor and make you one of these before you go any further. Mine isn't near this pretty, but it sure works. This makes the tillering process alot easier, take it from a rookie!    

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001047#000000