New Project bow

[Ratslayer]

Hello new here from CA . I am working on a long bow made from black locust wood and wanted to share. I would like to say thank you to the tutorial thread it helped me a lot on my first carving.    

[Coop]

Howdy, good luck with the bow and have fun!

[Ratslayer]

I just broke it. i wasn't done tillering yet and i new one side wasn't bending all the way i just got this wild hair and tried to go full draw crack!  ah ****!

[buckeye_hunter]

Sorry to hear it man.  :(

-Charlie

[Hot Hap]

Ouch. Hap

[Pat B]

Patience is a virtue....especially with wood bow building! Anything else makes firewood! You should never pull a wood bow past its ultimate draw weight or draw length...especially if the tiller is uneven.
  When you start feeling those wild hairs you should put the stave down and walk away until you get your mind back on track.
  Don't get discouraged. Most of us wood bow builders have done exactly the same thing...I have a few of examples in my "corner of shame".            Pat

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Amen Pat, I did that on the last ash bow I was doing. Ha dit on scale and didn't pay attention and Bamm knife handle & smoking wood....