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Tri-lam Warbow tiller help

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fishfinder401:
one can only hope, if you can though, i would at least try to put overlays on, iv'e had an osage bow around 100 start to split itself because the tips wasn't reinforced, and partially the design(oops ::)), i just would hate to see such a beautiful bow ruined
good luck
noel

adb:
Dag,
Interesting tri-lam combo. Personally, I think hickory is the worst belly wood there is. If it was me, I'd have used the ipe as my belly wood, and bamboo or hicory as core/backing woods. That being said, i hope it works out for you anyway.
Also, you need a tiller tree, and you also need to get rid of that overly long tiller string. My longest 'long string' is usually no more than the same length as the bow. It does, however, look like your tips are very stiff, and if you're not careful, a hinge is being born in your right limb.

Ian.:
Thats funny I have just done the exact same thing with a hickory Ipe Hickory bow made to 130lb at 32", as abd said hickory isnt the best so try your best to get a perfect tiller, I use it as a weight trainer.

It can be difficult to gauge tiller on a long string but it is bending more just after the handle and not enough mid limb or at the tips, if I wsa you make the mid limb bend more then when you work the bow to 24" draw with a braced profile see what the tips are doing then.

adb:

--- Quote from: Ian. on April 22, 2011, 10:20:01 am ---Thats funny I have just done the exact same thing with a hickory Ipe Hickory bow made to 130lb at 32", as abd said hickory isnt the best so try your best to get a perfect tiller, I use it as a weight trainer.

It can be difficult to gauge tiller on a long string but it is bending more just after the handle and not enough mid limb or at the tips, if I wsa you make the mid limb bend more then when you work the bow to 24" draw with a braced profile see what the tips are doing then.

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Could you post a picture of this bow? Even better, a picture of you shooting this bow?

Ian.:


This is the bow, the tiller is not as good as it could have been as it started to de-laminate when I was tillering it, so I lost quiet a bit of weight I ended up sacrificing the tiller to keep the weight up.

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