i'mn having fun readingthe comments on my daughter's bow!!! well i'm sure you want the vital statistics, though. her bow from a small hickory tree that i cut at a friend's house. in it's first build, it was whippy, week, and, well, weird! seriously, though, it has a knot in the lower limb that i figured would eventually lead to its failure. then i gave it to my daughter, planning to build a new bow when the knot cause it's eventual end. fast forward to about 6 months ago, when i tried something unusual, on my other daughter's bow. since it worked on angels bow (it's posted elsewhere as 'my daughter's bow'), i figured i try it on bethany's bow! the results are well beyond what i expected! before, no amount of super glue would keep the cracks from forming at the knot, the tiller was way off, and the lower limb would would periodically give a slight 'tick' (kind of like a time bomb). it had a low draw weight, which was o.k. for a little girl, but she would want something better when she got older. now she is very happy, as evedenced by the smile. the remedy for the previous problem consists of adding wood to the belly, lamination style. the solution was good! now, after a rawhide 'bandaid', the knot has been nicely stablized, the tiller is much better (not perfect, but livable), and it's silent when drawn to it's tillered draw of 43# at 28". best of all is the smile from my young archer!
