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Edge:
I must admit that I am a noob at this.  I read somewhere that as part of the process, when stringing for the first time it was common to string at the desired brace height and leave overnight to help the limbs "adjust".....Now I may be wrong or misunderstood the process BUT, it was done as part of my process.  I respect that you may have more knowledge than me and I admire that you only make mistakes or misunderstand when you're drunk...but this was not the case here.
with respect
cheers
Edge

PEARL DRUMS:
Like Russ said, use a cotton ball to find the sliver and NEVER EVER leave a bow braced if you aren't hunting or shooting. Its wood and wood has memory like any natural material. Truthfully? If you want thee best advice you will find anywhere on the planet, stay here. There is no better site or book or source than good ol' PA. That's not just my internet opinion, its fact.

Have fun with your build

RBLusthaus:
My apologies if I seemed flippant - - that was not my intent.  I wish I only made mistakes when I drink too much - sadly, that  is not the case - I err all the time :-)

Russ

RatherBinTheWoods:
I made my fist Penobscot recently and the back bow added exactly what you are hoping for 10-15lbs.

The main bow was hickory at about #45 and rage back bow was a short piece of Osage I was given that was mildly reflexed. If I did another one I would reflex the back bow more to see if it made any significant difference.

I tillered the back bow almost all the way before gaffer taping the back bow on and finishing to full draw and that seemed to work okay. You can see pics in my recent posts.

Bows were held together with rawhide strip wraps for the final assembly.

I would love to hear anyone else's experience with this design though

Edge:
I took a look at your penobscot.....looks very nice.   I see what you mean about more deflex in your front bow and I will ensure that mine does.  I am using hickory as the main bow and ash as the front bow.  Do you have a pic of how you affixed string to short bow? congrats on the build

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