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bassman211:
why?

PEARL DRUMS:
Your tiller or design is flawed.

Weylin:
Or there's too much moisture in the wood. if you live somewhere humid you may need a hot box and you should consider heat tempering your next one before you tiller it out too far. But none of that will matter if your tiller and/or design is off, like Pearly said.

superdav95:
I second what they said.  I’ve made some bows with hhb from around here and it’s hard to find straight ones.  If you do get it right it makes for a screamer of a bow.  Super hard after heat treatment.  I try to fix most of my limb twist and such using a caul form during heat treatment.  They ended up super thin after getting them to the weight I wanted.  Get moisture down below 10% before heat treatment if you can and get less checks in limbs.  Very strong wood if you can find straight ones.  Don’t give up on it.  I kept mine around 1 3/4” wide or under on limbs.  Did you have to draw knife the bark off or did it slip right off?  The white woods like a pristine back.  Keep us posted

bassman211:
I have made 4 attempts. 62 inches long 25 inch draw for 40 to 45 lbs. . 1.5 at the fades to half inch at the tips. Same technique. 2 shoot good ,and 2 developed frets. I have, also made 4 bows with the other  horn beam (blue beech). All are shooting fine. These bows were made over a period of a year. Both woods dried the same length of time, and made in the same way. Same length, and same poundage, and good tiller. Thanks for the tips guys.  Could be the design, and it could be the moisture. Maybe both. I have one more  I am working on right now, and I am going to get the wood under 10 percent moisture before belly heat treat, and make it a flat bow style.

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