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Questions on new bow tillering (9/9) - at end of thread
Davepim:
--- Quote from: adb on August 28, 2009, 11:29:29 am ---The bow is not bending at all yet, so no advice is useful at this point. Next time, don't install your horn nocks until the bow is tillered, as you may end up being whip tillered. Wait and do your nocks at the end. Cut temporary self nocks, and they will disappear when you cut your tapers for the horn nocks.
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Quite right adb! Also I think the tillering bar is too short - needs to be about your own height, that way, if you don't have a pulley system to draw the bow, then at least you can use your own bodyweight to do it!
Dave
Marc St Louis:
You need to shorten your string till there's no slack. You need to remove wood in the center and leave the outer limbs alone for now
markinengland:
I guess it doesn't need stressing too much but go really careful with the big knot. It looks as though the limb is almost all knot at that point. A knot has relatively little strength. If it goes at that point it may go very suddenly.
Nothig like picking yourself a challenge!
Mark in England
swotavator:
Hey all,
did a little work, and have tillered again. This is the result. I think that the left side is a little stiff, and something is going on in the center of the bow. Any ideas how I can remedy? Which numbers? Thanks guys
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Davepim:
--- Quote from: swotavator on September 08, 2009, 01:41:33 am ---Hey all,
did a little work, and have tillered again. This is the result. I think that the left side is a little stiff, and something is going on in the center of the bow. Any ideas how I can remedy? Which numbers? Thanks guys
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Ok, so you need to have the centre of the bow absolutely horizontal on the tiller bar to make any sense of it. You have too much bend between 10 and 11, and you need a tad more bend at 12 to alleviate this. The centre is too stiff between 6 and 9; start by reducing the depth between 8 and 9. You have what might be a hinge starting at 3, so you need to get a bit more bend at 4, not necessarily by reducing depth here; maybe width, but it's hard to tell from a photo. You've done well to leave a bit more timber around the big knot; this is the point at which the bow should start bending on that limb so it takes more stress than any other point - I still think it will be a miracle if the bow holds together at that knot! Remember that the way a bow bends round on the tiller bar is a combination of depth and width; we can see the depth from the photos, but cannot see the width, so you have to go with your intuition here. take it carefully and remember that, if this is your first bow, it may not come out perfectly - each bow you make is a learning experience,
Good luck! Dave
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