Been wanting to do this for awhile and since I took my first deer with a recurve this season I want to work towards my new goal of taking a deer with a selfbow, self made arrow and knapped broadhead.  
With that said, I am following along with Poor Folk Bows (www.poorfolkbows.com) instructions.  I have a question for all you self builders.  
I have a very good piece of red oak and the center of the bow lines up pretty close with the center of the tips...however I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly.  I used a string with weights on each end down the legth of the bow running through the center of it.  I used the string to adjust the center of the tips to make both tips line up with the center of the bow.  My question is after I mark the tips do I use a straight edge to make a mark from one tip to the center and then the same on the opposite limb or one line at one time through all three points?

Fly boy if you'll post this on the bowyers bench I'm sure you'll recieve answers to all your questions.

Line from tip 2 tip, then line out the width from fades to tips.. Go slow and take Your time.. This isn't a race to build a bow..

This is all you need brother. Have fun and go to town.

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Thanks guys...if someone is a Mod and can move it to the bowyers bench that would be great.

Just start a new thread there!