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stuckinthemud:
I always seem to get to a point where I can't really see what to do next.  Here is a wych elm short bow with tiny little recurves.  I think the outers might be a tad stiff, but I don't know if that is the effect of the recurves?? The centre looks a bit too stiff to me, what do you think?

bownarra:
Watch those areas about a 1/3rd of limb length out from the handle. They are bending too much.
Center is stiff and the mid to outer limbs stiff.
Before it takes any set trace the backs outline. Compare it everytime you exercise it and relax it.

NicAzana:
Also, it would be helpful to at least have a pic of the unbraced profile, as well as maybe a pic of the front view profile!

stuckinthemud:
I got clumsy, set already happened. There’s about an inch of set in each limb from where it bends too much in the limb centres  First photo is front profile, middle photo shows the pin knots along the one limb that are making things entertaining, last is the view from above.

stuckinthemud:
Done a bit more scraping, it now looks like this at close to full draw on a long string hanging down 2 inches,



Draw weight is in the region of 70lb without heat tempering.  How's it looking?

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