Selfbows

I did some more floor tillering and strung the hickory a little higher, too high. I restrung it lower, saw that the string needed to move over more and shaved the tips some more. It's still a little crooked, but the string lies within the limbs throughout. Now it's down to 1 1/8 inches of reflex. Inner limbs are bending fine, tips stiff. It's belly is rounded out to the recurves which are flattened now. I need to get the recurves bending and then flatten the inner belly before it gets too much set. I want to get the tips aligned right and narrow them before they start bending.