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AH:
--- Quote from: WillS on March 26, 2013, 03:50:57 am ---The right limb looks alright, although it may end up being slightly whip-ended by the time you get to full draw (not necessarily a bad thing for a warbow, as mentioned in TBB3)
Is it possible to see a pic of the knot? Yew can take some crazy violations unlike other woods and you may be playing it a bit too safe!
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yes, I am aiming for a bit of an elliptical tiller.
If by playing a bit safe you're saying I left too much wood around the knot, I figured that I would rather be safe than sorry and gradually reduce the thickness. if this thing blows while I'm still at 22" on the tiller I'm going to be pretty miffed.
WillS:
Agreed, definitely better to be safe than sorry. However in some cases too much wood around a weak spot stops you seeing the true amount the wood is working.
What kind of knot is it? Does it appear on the edge, or is it contained within the center of the limb?
adb:
Right limb is getting whip tillered. Leave it 'til you get the left limb sorted. At some point, you're going to have to remove wood on the belly side under that knot to get that portion of the limb working. Leave the knot proud on the back, bet get that portion of limb reduced on the belly side.
AH:
Did a little more tillering today, I got the left limb bending more but now it seems like it's pretty whip-tillered. The bow also seems rather underweight, it's
1 1/2" by 1 1/4" in the handle, yet it seems like it's rather light. ???
I'm not really happy. wish I could of gotten more work done but I was losing light and had no time to work on the bow after dinner.
ionicmuffin:
i believe that because those inner limbs arnt bending very much that your weight is effected by this, if you get the limb with the knots bending close to the other one then you should be in good shape, i think maybe your finding that the weight is low because the tips are doing more bending.
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