First Wood Bow.....Suprisingly a success!!

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

lookin good. your right, the tiller is off a little, but that will come with the shavings! great job for your first one though, from what i can see, the glue lines look pretty good, and i like the handle too. ya ought to try a hickory backed red oak, or just an air backed red oak for the next one, just my 2 cents 

Phil

[GregB]

Nice bow for your first...time for another one!

[TRACY]

Congratulations on your first ! It wasn't until my fourth that I got a shooter that held up. As you can tell by the comments, your options are unlimited as to what to build next

Tracy

[Eric Krewson]

Nice first bow! You can cut an inch off the bottom limb and stiffen it enough to work the hinge out with out dropping poundage too much. Make your self a tillering gizmo to use on your next one, no more hinges.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001047

[Aosda]

Eric,

I had found your thread while getting the idea to build a bow, and used a piece of red oak as the tool.  That's why the top limb came out nice.  I think I just hit a weak spot in the board and when I removed where the pencil was on the bottom limb, the hinge started.  I stayed away from it the rest of the tillering.  But, yeah great post on that tool, mine's not as elaborate as yours though.  Just used a cut off scrap from the board, made sure it was square, and put a hole in it.  Thanks for the knowledge.