Primitive Archer

What a beauty! Nice finish work...the skins and limb colors just seem meant for each other.

Lyle

Around my college town there are subdivisions developing and they push out trees with a dozer most of the people just burn them. I found a nice straight hackberry but it had set too long so I missed out but it may have been beat up with a doZer bad too.

havent made any bows or posted anything for some time cause i have to stay away from the saw dust due to lung problems. so heres a molly i made for myself to play with this summer. 64"long 42@26 made from hackberry i cut last fall. dyed with grey alcohol ,beaver tail wrap,levers are wrapped with red thread and diamond back skins, tips are rosewood.thanks for lookin.

Step one: PM Pekane to see if he knows any Certified Arborists in your vicinity. (he probly does)
Step two: Call the Certified Arborist in your vicinity
Step three: Profit

hedge, first off he has the bow to full brace so I know he's pulled it to 15", I leave my bows braced when i'm tillering and scrape where I need, but if you don't exercise the limbs they wont release their shape, and  you stand the risk of  missing target weight or messing up the tiller further, if you just scrape till it is even without exercising the limbs all kinds of things can go wrong.
actually bracing and unbracing a bow is bad for the bow imo.
don't know if that made any sense it's 2 a.m. and i'm tired
 

 It's a lot quicker if you leave it braced as well. By the time you get to short string ,there should only be touch up and minor weight reduction to do. If you're nervous about nicking the string , you can put a plastic strip on the back of your scraper. I pick them up at Staples Business Depot. They are used for the edge of  clear document covers to hold the papers inside.Cut them to the length you need. I exercise the bow between 30-50 times between each  material removal.