Thanks DC, appreciate you sticking with me till the end on this one. 

Bob W i think your right.  I got aggressive with the rasp and target weight came in a bit shy so i left it.  I think when i built my first bows the whole "leave the tips non working for speed" theory became a little too engrained in my head.  While tillering my following bows i will chant the mantra, "let the outter thirds bend, let the outer thirds bend". Lol.  Its still probably gonna take some more "reminders" from you guys for it to stick.