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Eric S. Campbell:
It may not be ready but I figured since it was the worst piece that I didn't have much to lose. But taking off most of the sapwood, 100+ degree weather oustside durring the day, and keeping it next to a fan and a heater at night. Might not be the right way but I was itching to work on a bow.

Eric S. Campbell:
Keep in mind the bow is not finished and this was the worst stave in the bunch. I still have to do some finishing on it am am going to buy a better scale tonight. The bow is 69" nock to nock since I had to shorten it. I have a 90lb. bow and can shoot it without much trouble. But I can't pull this bow back more than 20" so far. The nocks are an overlay of walnut, I did not want to put horn nocks on this one. The string is braced about 3" in that shot. Sorry about the picture quality but I just wanted to show you guys how it was coming.

Eric S. Campbell:
OK here is the weight. At 20" it pulls 80lbs, at 25" it pulls 105lbs. The ERC to me seems very brittle and I am afraid to pull it much farther and have it break. Should I thin it down a bit and be able to pull it 28-30" or should I leave it as is an work on another? I feel good that it actually made a bow that shoots but it being warbow strength makes me feel good. The tiller is a little off in one of the limbs so I might try to fix it.

adb:
It's hard to tell what's going on with your bow, without some full draw pics. Your bow would definately not qualify as a warbow, with a 25" draw. Most warbows are tillered to 30-32". Sounds to me like you're well on the way, but need to tiller this bow out further. Remember, don't pull it past your final intended draw weight.

RyanY:
I would suggest trying to tiller it out as far as you can. Being ERC and only 69" I'm guessing it would be fairly difficult to tiller it out to 32" but then again you could always sacrifice weight. Full draw pics help.

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