Primitive Archer

With all that encouragement ya u gave me I don’t see much hope.🤠🤠🤠

Dont despair! Arvin

Perhaps if you describe in broader terms what you wish to accomplish, folks could offer suggestions.

for instance, I recall some of the bow design changes you have tried from your "tried and true design" have resulted in bows taking more set and not performing as well. Perhaps a more pratical approach would be a better way to monitor set as the bow gets tillered, rather than examining the theory of why it happened

when you are pushing the performance of wood to the max, and measuring success by yards at Bonneville. skills trump theory, and the winners are fine tuning the best to begin with

I also tend to prefer a vise, but have enjoyed using a shave horse now and then.  I am planning to build something like this one over the summer:
http://www.greenwoodworking.org/shaving-horse-plans/
There are lots of variations in shave horses, so looking at a few different ones should get your creative juices flowing!

With all that encouragement ya u gave me I don’t see much hope.🤠🤠🤠

That's a snappy looking little stick!!  I pity any chipmunks that are within range!!

That’s pretty cool WB.  Ya the juniper is gorgeous stuff.  I hope the kid getting this bow appreciate that efforts and work that went into this bow.