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Tillering warbow with reflex

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Del the cat:
Where would I go from here?
Pile on the draw weight!
The bend in the right limb is just what was there initially.
Look at it this way... If you intend to pull it to 100# you will do less harm pulling it to 100# now, where the deflection will be less and the potential for a hinge less. Than if you remove wood, making it thinner and weaker and then expecting it to withstand 100# !
I'm not saying yank it right back to 100# without watching it, but winch it 60# 70# 80# etc keeping an eye on it.
It's just gotta be done, also bear in mind 100# on the long string at a tip deltlection of say 3 or 4" isn't going to overstrain it, as 100# on a long string is about 75-80# braced.
I'd aim to see some slight movement near the middle and a reasonably symetrical tip movement at a long string 100#
If you can get that, then you can breathe a sigh of relief knowing it's taken 100# and you are well on the way to just slowly teasing it back.
Better to see what it will do know than pussy foot around too much and risk coming in under weight.
Other opinions are doubtless also available.
Del
(BTW When piling on the weight, check there is no one standing behind you with a paper bag!)

adb:
Most of the reflex appears to be in the middle. I usually get the middle moving first anyway. As Del suggests, give it a tug to 70 or 80#, and see what it looks like. Dealing with this is no different... remove wood where it's not bending enough, and leave it alone where it's bending too much. That being said, you're going to want to leave the right tip alone. Try and get rid of the long string asap, and get it to low brace. Those reflexed/deflexed limbs will fool you with too much time on the long string.

This is going to be tricky, but get the middle moving first.

Del the cat:
If you realy feel you must remove weight take a tad off the left.
If you really study it, the right limb hasn't actuallt moved but the left has pulled down by about the same amount as it's thikness. Now this is probably due to the left being stiff and pulling down see saw satyle nad flexing the right.
Bottom line.. there isn't enough deflection to really see what's happening so pile on the weight!
Del

WillS:
Eeep.  So there's no risk of causing set in that right outer third?  Everything's telling me that the first thing I should do is remove wood on the right inner third to relieve the outer, before continuing. 

Del the cat:
Get the two pics on the desktop and flip between one and t'other to see where the band really is.
I don't think it's right outer limb.
I've just done it, and I reckon it looks like the bend is actually in the middle to inner of each limb.
Look here, I've turned it into a video.
http://s411.photobucket.com/user/Del_the_Cat/media/websitevideos/tiller_zps735507b3.mp4.html
Wierd thing is the right tip is LESS deflexed under load!!!
You can see the value of having a fixed camera position. It would prob be more obvious with less dwell on each pic and a solid camera pos'
Tell us what you see!
Del

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