My wife informed me last week that my nephew's 5 th birthday was coming up and asked me if his bow was done. Oh crap says I! Not only was it not done, it wasn't started! I thought he was turning 4 and that I had another year. Time sure gets away from me these days. Luckily, I had a little piece of hickory along that i had already flipped the tips on to make a plains bow out of. I laid out the profile and went to work. I went with 1 1/8" width at the fades flatbow layout 46" ntn. The 46" ntn is the second part of the brainfart. After I got it tillered to 16#@18" I got to thinkin this is too long. Normally I make those first bows 36" not 46". I called my wife and asked her how tall my nephew is. 36" tall.....crap. I hope the bottom tip doesn't hit the ground when he shoots! I guess on a positive note, he ought to be able to use this for several years before he outgrows it. I still have all the finish work to do, but here is Max's first bow. Josh
