It looks very good, and very well made.  I don't have much experience with good atlatls, the darts I made were too stiff, so they had no real advantage over hand thrown ones.  A good dart makes all the difference from what I hear, probably even more than a good atlatl.  So what is that that you used for the barb/hook?  I can't tell in the picture.  What are you using for darts?

cool stuff, houndog!

let us know how it works!

Thx all! I did put lots of work into it and hope it lasts long.
Cliff- ya from what i hear/read, river cane makes a good dart. but unfortunately there is none of that where i live...

CanDo- we have no real trees and such around here so my dad bought me a 6ft. long piece of hardwood (not sure what kind tho) from that piece of hardwood i was able to cut 3, 2ft long pieces for making atlatls (that means 2 more to go!!! lol) and also enough wood to make 2 darts.  The darts are quite flexible and are more square than round...but they work fine. Also, yes the spur is a chopped of nail that i pounded (with a starter hole) into the wood and rounded off. And thx for the tips, ill try that on my next one, whenever that is.

Tint- So far it works fine, but i am not the strongest guy on the forum   and i cant get much range out of it...but a whole lot more than hand throwing it!

Siguy- Actually i rarely use the dart rest, my bony (lol) knuckles stick up beyond that and interfere with the dart so i just hold it.

The layout/design is modeled after this one:
http://www.thunderbirdatlatl.com/catalog/catalog.html

Ill post more pics of the darts and stuff in another post.

Hound

Edit: I just tried the link that i posted and it only goes to the main catelog page.
The atlatl design is the Wappasening

looks pretty awsome ive never thought about making one out of a board before 

I know nothing, but I wonder if bamboo would work for the dart? You can get it really long, thin and it is strong but flexible....
The Atlatl look beautiful though, you must have worked you ass of on it. Good Job.

very smart - so how far can you throw the dart then ?

100 yards is pretty good - you'd probably only get 20-30 throwing by hand and that's what you're comparing it to.
plus bear in mind most hunting would be done at less than 20 yards so at that distance the thing would have some real power.
Good work all round I reckon :-)