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YewArcher:
I have made seveal ELB's but this is my first atempt at a war bow. I built this using JD's build along back about 5 months ago. I am just getting the chance to finish it up and am looking to you experts that frequent here for advise and thoughts.

The bow is 75" nock to nock. Follows 5:6 Ratio Center of bow being 1 7/16". Pacific Yew.

The bow is Pulling 100@29". I am shooting for 110@32". I cannot yet get it back t 32" I am working into it.

I am wokring myself and the bow back to 32" and would like your thoughts on the tiller prior to proceeding. I would like it to check out before pulling that last few inches.

This pic represents a 29" draw:




After I finish the bow I will post up a good write up about the bow and the arrows etc....

Thanks in advance for your help,

SJM

Loki:
Cant really comment on the tiller (looks ok to me but i've never made a bow  ;D) but you'll have to alter your shooting style to shoot it at 32" comfortably.You may injure yourself pulling 100lbs Butt Bow style  ;D, getting into the Bow isnt hard to do it just takes a bit of practice.

Pax

alanesq:
Looks good so far :-)

BTW - I have only made 3 bows myself so I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination
but this may start off the discussion anyway ;-)

It looks to me like your bow is bending a lot at the tips and I worry it may over strain them if you take it to 32"

Here is a picture I took of my bow when I was trying to work out how it should be tillered which may help to explain?
it shows a circle which is what I believe we are aiming for


Yours I think you would be best removing a bit of wood around the red area on this picture to take some strain off the tips
although there is always the danger of reducing the weight too much, so maybe taking a bit of the length of the bow may be a better option?

but, I am as interested as you to hear what the experts advise ?

a finnish native:
the tips do come around quite a bit comparing to the area between them. I am no expert with war bows though..

adb:
Hi,
I agree, it's a bit whip tillered for a warbow. If you want to bring it further, get it bending more thru the handle. Bring the whole length around "full circle." If you try and bring it back more, you might break it, or cause a hinge. It'll be nice to shoot like it is, but it won't be a true "warbow."
Get "into" the draw a bit. Bend your knees, and round your back some, bending slightly forward at the waist. You're gonna rupture something shooting that heavy a bow with a straight up target style draw!  Nice bow, otherwise!

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