Should have listened to the wood. Oh well I have one more cherry stave. I learned a few thing on this bow. Cherry responds well to heat hardening. It doesn't like heat bending corrections at all, to include bending in reflex. The back broke on a trapped and heat treated belly. It is tension weak, so I will trap more extreem next time and heat treat again to keep the chrysles from forming, as there were none this go around. Next bow will also be wide as the wood allows.