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Pappy:
I tiller most of mine like the 2nd.I use to wind up with a wipe tiller unintentional.They seem to stack more for me. :)
Pappy
George Tsoukalas:
Mike, there's plenty of pictures on my site. You have the right idea. Nothing helps more than seeing the tillers of bows. I have to admit that with some of the character bows I've made the tiller just happens. That is I rarely have in mind to make a bow of say circular tiller or elliptical tiller (my preference). I like to think that the design and the stave dictate the tiller. The stave will tell you what it wants. With experience you hearing will improve. You'll become a better listener. Jawge
Badger:
One thing I believe is that we use some tiller logic, the front view of the bow should be a tip off as to what the tiller will look like. A pyramide bow should bend in an arc of the circle more while a paralell limbed bow should bend mre elyptically. Thickness tells the wood how fa it can bend, width controls how far it will bend, thin wood can bend more than thick wood obviously. Steve
DCM:
That sounds backwards Steve. "Let the wide wood work" seems to be what you are saying. Pyramid would be more stiff ended, in this paradigm, no?
DCM:
Oh, never mind. I re-read your post and I get what you are saying. Duh. Parrallel limb bow would work more elliptical if the "wide wood works."
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