Thanks son of massey. She has a fiberglss bow given to her on her birthday that she has been shooting for a couple weeks. When I asked her to pull the new wood bow and compare she said there was more "strain" then th other. So today I put her glass bow (rated at "15 pounds) on the tiller and it pulled 22 pounds at 21" vs the wood bow @ 18# at 21". So I didn't know what to make of that.
I'm thinking now that the difference may be the string and not the actual pull. The kids bow she got as a present came with pre installed rubber knocking points that fit all 3 fingers with a space between for the arrow -- I don't know what that's called, if it has a name. So I think it was easier on her fingers -- maybe that's what she meant by "strain".....
But anyway, I decided to reduce the pull weight on the wood bow further since 15 pounds seems to be a standard for young kid's bows, and I want her to enjoy shooting it, and work on form, as you say.
Bubbles, thanks for the suggestion, and I'll keep that in mind for the future. Course, I hope to keep in mind that I need a longer bow to begin with! Well -- thought I had that, but the grain flaw showed up when the board was planed and it had to be cut down. I'm thinking 72" next time.
WillS, greatly appreciate your comment and observation -- so I'm working the tips down now. It's going slow -- I lost only a half pound draw after about 2 hours of work, but I don't want to mess this bow up at this stage. I scrape, excercise it 30 times and check the weight and shape, and repeat. I think the shape may be better, but I don't have a photo today to check it against that last one.
Thanks again for all you guy's comments!