Two bamboo and Osage

[ssgtchad]

Heu guys its been a while but here are a few bows I've finished. The 1st is an osage, with a big hole in the upper limb, which was shooting really nice til it lifted a splinter . So no full draw picture unitl I find time to repair it. The white one is sumac work in progress. The other two are a Bamboo epee bamboo long bow and a bamboo backed bamboo. The BBB is R/D. It took a little set but most of it is the deflex I glued in. The BEB is very thin and shoots the best of the group its 68" ttt and 66" ntn, 1" wide at the fade and 3/8s at the nocks. Still learning this craft, I know tiller's arent perfect but I'm getting better since the first one! They shoot well and I had fun working on them. Sorry I have no Idea what they are pulling, But I draw to 28" and I was shanking like a leaf waiting for the wife to snap the pictures lol.  Thanks

[bubby]

the second full draw is bending way to close to the grip, did you use a powerlam?, Bub

[ssgtchad]

No sir.  Just the two pieces of bio. The belly was heat t treated but no power lamb.

[bubby]

on the next one try a powerlam about 16" long feathered from the middle out, that will help r/d bows are a bear if everything don't go right, least for me , the top fd look's pretty good, keep on scraping, Bub

[ssgtchad]

Thanks for the advise