Hi Folks,
I am a new member of the forum as of today and wanted to say hello. I am a new self bow builder. I have completed one osage bow using Dean Torges methods and it was a great shooter until it blew up. I made the mistake of having my 16 year old son draw it and boom! Turns out he has a legitimate 29.5" draw. I currently have three bows in the works. I am working on a 55" kids bow, a 62 inch bow following the torges book, and a 68" bow following Gary Davis video tutorial. I actually started trying to build bows back in 2002, but got intimidated on the tillering part and left a bow in rough outline. Decided to give it a try this year thanks to all the you tube videos that explain tillering. That was the bow I blew up. Anyway, I have a bunch of osage I cut in December and January and am speed drying enough so that I can work on some bows. I live in Southwestern PA and was wondering if there were any other forum members from PA? I look forward to being a part of this community, and hope to be able to add value where possible. This is a great site, with a lot of talented bowyers that I hope to learn from.
Mark
