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WillS:
I'm about to start tillering a new ash warbow I'm working on, but the stave has about 2 - 3 inches of natural reflex in the lower limb. 

I'm shooting for 100# @ 32", as the ash is incredible quality.  I've made it as wide as possible and a very shallow D profile to counter the possibility of set and chrysals that ash seems so prone to.

The trouble I'm finding is that with the roughed out bow being so large already (40mm wide in the handle by 32mm thick) and with so much reflex, the early draw weight is immense, which is making gauging the tiller pretty tricky.

Is there a technique or method for tillering heavy bows with uneven reflex?  I'm tempted to start reducing the thickness on the reflexed limb to bring it round equally to the upper limb, but I'm sure that will backfire during the later stages of tillering and leave with me a lighter than desired bow.

RyanY:
Best advice I'd give is to get a really good bend while floor tillering and get the limbs as even strength as you can judge so you can get it braced early. Using a long string to tiller a bow with reflex usually causes it to flip over so getting it to any brace would prevent that. Draw weight won't change very much between a low and high brace so just focus on good tiller.

WillS:
Thanks! Does floor tillering work for heavy bows? When I try, nothing moves haha!

RyanY:
Yep! Gotta put your weight into it. It helps to use a mirror set up against a wall and on the floor so you can look at it directly through the reflection while putting your body into it. If you have a warbow that's finished push that against the floor to see how it feels.

Del the cat:
Its a pig if the limbs are V uneven.
IMO DON'T 'weaken' one limb to bring it round else you'll find the draw weight has dropped too much on that limb.
Reflexed staves are V tricky too as they will try and flip on you until you get somewhere near brace (pig to string with a short string too).
It is also easy to take off too much weight on a long string just getting back to brace.
A couple of thought/ideas.
Get the bow on the tiller with the tips lining up horzontal rather than the grip. Is it possible to draw a straight pencil line along the side of the bow and use that to look at rather the limb?
Maybe it's one time where clamping the bow to the rig may help observe the individual limbs and stop it flipping in the early stages?
When in doubt step away and have a cuppa. V long bows and bows with reflex can seem V high poundage and then melt away before your eyes to a feeble bow... Ok a slight exag' but you get the drift.
Del

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