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Badger:
Butch, at 1 1/2 wide, 68" long and 55#@ 24" the bow really shouldnt have taken more than a whisper of set, did you crown you tiller into a small working area or keep the fades too stiff for too long? Good to examine bows that don't come out just right. Steve

butch:
badger , dont know what(crowning) tiller is? to start she had a 6" handle (too long) 2" fades,  0.5" down to 3\8 limbs, 1.5" to 7\16 tips .  1 snake around a limb, 3 humps , and 2 short high crowns on the outer limbs . originally 72" but seemed weak about 2\3 way out on both. i cut 2 " off trying to corract it, better but not good. heated and strung it backward with more heat. straitend it up but still weak at 2\3. then i tried the recurve and snaped a tip. shortend again and killed it trying to string it without narrowing limbs . hope this makes sence cause the next one is just like it,..weak at 2\3 stiff tips 72" ..50# @24". i should make a couple boards first without all the crowns, humps and snakes . seems simpler that way .  any way, i hope for more advise from you guys who can do this while nightwalking. butch

GregB:

Butch, I'm with Manny in that steaming is the way to go for radical recurving. Also a shorter handle and fades would allow for more limb length bending. The last recurve that I attempted I also had too stiff in the recurved section which  over-stressed the working portion of the limbs which were to short.  Needed to have more limb working to better distribute the stress. That bow broke as well. ;)

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