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tom sawyer:
Yes my long string is a really heavy linen string that is extra long, and I use the timber hitch on one side.  That better mimics the string angles you get on drqawing by short string, but even then you'll find your outer third of limbs will look a lot bendierwhen you go to the short string.  I don't usually even pull the bow on the first stringing or two, just run a straightedge down the bely, make a few marks and let it down.

Pappy:
That is the way I do it also Lennie.I make my tillering string just long enough to tie
 the timber hitch,and as soon as I get it to a shot brace I do,It really has made a different since I started doing it that way as far and the tiller and hitting the weight I want.One of the
guys in the club last night  had one on the tillering stick while I was working on Hillbilly's
and I wasn't watching him.He had a long string and though he had a hinge on one limb and
a flat area in the other.He kept on and by the time I saw what he was doing it was to late.
I could brace it very easy by hand ,It looked a lot better braced but the weight was gone.I just
get the worst spots out and then brace it.I know some folks use the long string way out and if it works for them,thats fine but for me I want it braced as soon as I can get a string on it and then go to the tiller board. :)
   Pappy

Marc St Louis:
It is a shame. You don't want to be doing any recurving with dry heat, reflexing yes but no recurves.  Looking good so far

George Tsoukalas:
LOL, Dana. I said that.
"If you ain't breakin' you ain't makin'!"
I also say,
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
But I didn't originate that quote.
Someone once wrote that more than 2 inches of set is excessive. Consequently, beginners are devastated when they get 2.25 inches of set.
If you're happy with the bow enjoy it. Jawge

Pappy:
You are right Jawge,it just kills me to here someone tell someone that is just getting started that the bow is no good or they didn't do a good job because they had a little set,They shoot just fine
and maybe even better with a little set. :)
    Pappy

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