Working on a static recurve

[toomanyknots]

Not bad at all for first pull on the tiller. Looking sweet! Looks like you just gotta get some more bend in the outer limbs to get the bend less concentrated at the fades, and you'll have a bow. That sucks about the first one. I've had strings of bad luck to where I had like 5 or 6 failures in a row, just gotta keep on keepin on. Looking very nice either way, I always love your ipe bows! 

[PatM]

I'm going to be a downer and call for a blow up at the fades unless you can move the bend off that area. The radical scoop out of a bulbous handle can be a severe violation of fibers.

[Blaflair2]

Aw wtf, I gotta get intoy barn and dig up some oak. It's all 4"x3" so I should get a couple backings 

[adb]

Gonna have to put this on hold for a while. I cut the end of my right thumb bad yesterday. Not a happy boy at the moment. Really hurts.

[Blaflair2]

Shitty man, no thumb wrestling championship for u. Hope ya heal quick

[Cameroo]

Gonna have to put this on hold for a while. I cut the end of my right thumb bad yesterday. Not a happy boy at the moment. Really hurts.

Pics, or it didn't happen 

That's crappy.  What happened?

[JW_Halverson]

WAIT! I thought you said something to the effect that you can lay there and bleed or you can cowboy up? Well, what is it gonna be?

On the other hand, why mess up the nice wood with bloodstains that don't come from deer???  Take your time, old chappie.  We'll bide our time waiting for you to gnaw thru the stitches and get back to work.  Feel better soon.

[adb]

Gonna have to put this on hold for a while. I cut the end of my right thumb bad yesterday. Not a happy boy at the moment. Really hurts.

Pics, or it didn't happen 

That's crappy.  What happened?

My bandsaw bit me.

[Marc St Louis]

Doesn't look like your handle extends past the fades.  If so then that's not a good thing

[adb]

Doesn't look like your handle extends past the fades.  If so then that's not a good thing

Please explain

[toomanyknots]

Gonna have to put this on hold for a while. I cut the end of my right thumb bad yesterday. Not a happy boy at the moment. Really hurts.

Pics, or it didn't happen 

That's crappy.  What happened?

My bandsaw bit me.

Oooo, that looks kinda deep. Did it cut right down through the thumb nail? Ow. I did something similar before, I was feeding something against the fence and pushed it too far and it nipped my thumb.

[adb]

I was adjusting the bottom sealed bearing blade guides. I start the saw for just a sec so the blade is moving, but not on. Allows me to see that the guides are adjusted right, and close enough to the blade. Done it a thousand times, but obviously, I'll have to rethink this. Thank God the saw wasn't running. It's not really a cut... move like it tore a chunk outta the end of my thumb. F'ing hurts. First mishap in 10 years of bowmaking. Touch wood.

[toomanyknots]

I was adjusting the bottom sealed bearing blade guides. I start the saw for just a sec so the blade is moving, but not on. Allows me to see that the guides are adjusted right, and close enough to the blade. Done it a thousand times, but obviously, I'll have to rethink this. Thank God the saw wasn't running. It's not really a cut... move like it tore a chunk outta the end of my thumb. F'ing hurts. First mishap in 10 years of bowmaking. Touch wood.

Well I am glad that it was not a cut all the way through your thumb like it looks like! I hope it heals nice and fast.

[IdahoMatt]

"F" word man, that looks like it hurts.  Sorry it happened to ya.

[Marc St Louis]

Not having the handle go past the fades means that it leaves that area susceptible to flexing and in danger of pulling a splinter on the backing right where it flares out, I've had that happen a couple times.  The area where the handle flares out to the limbs is a sensitive spot and should be stiff enough to prevent any flexing, hence the need to extend the handle past that point.