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Warbow tillering question
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: toomanyknots on March 10, 2014, 05:23:16 pm ---Del, are you saying you always put the handle right at the center of the bow? Or that you place the bow on the "center of the handle" on the tree?
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I put the 4" grip with 3" below centre and 1" above.
I support the bow at centre on the tiller because I feel most of the weight of the bow is taken on the base of the thumb which presses pretty much just below the arrow pass at the center of the bow, some people may grip it differently using the heel of the hand...
each to his own.
Del
adb:
So, you're picking top and bottom limb before you begin tillering, yes?
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: adb on March 10, 2014, 06:14:52 pm ---So, you're picking top and bottom limb before you begin tillering, yes?
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Yes, but I'll sometimes swap it round half way through if say the lower limb is looking weak. That's what I did in that blog entry linked in the earlier post. At the tillering stage the arrow pass is jsut a pencil mark so it can be ignored, moved or whatever.
Del
toomanyknots:
Thanks for explaining that Del. What I do anymore is (if I am gonna put a handle on a bow) is put the handle just a smudge over the center, and the arrow pass about 1/2" above center. I might try your way to see if it works better. Thanks. :)
popaoandrei:
Indeed.Thank you for all the info. :)
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