my first completed bow

[Whitehawk23]

Thanks redhill ill look into the glue on shelf

[Whitehawk23]

Yeah vanilla bear I got a little carried away with the rasp. its only on that side though its not thin like that on the otherside same limb.

[razorback]

Your a brave man taking that photo with the 2*4 between your legs. If one of those limbs gave way that board could act like an arrow and try to fly but since it can't go forward or down there is only one option        
Any spot that has less wood than its corresponding spot, i.e. that thin spot, will be weaker. The bow will bend more just in that spot causing a hinge.

Hinges are bad        

You do not need to cut the arrow shelf to center. In reality you do not need any shelf at all. If your handle is wide then you just use a weaker spined arrow and it will bend around the handle, while still shooting straight. Check out the thread by 4est Trekker The "So You Wanna Build a Bow?" Build-Along in the how to forum. Great resources for building a pyramid bow.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000122

[Whitehawk23]

yeah thats the build alod i used except i used a cut in arrow rest. gonna follow it to the letter next time lol. thanks guys

[Eric Krewson]

Why did you make your handle so short?

[Whitehawk23]

Honestly Eric it was by accident. looking back on it I really didn't take my time on it just kinda winged it all. lesson defiantly a lesson learned