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Tillering problems. I really think its the wood's fault, not the bowyer.
WillS:
What are the tips like at the moment?
Bowman:
Get the lower limb a little more stiff than the upper. Then you get a nice tiller. Warbows likes a little bit of assymetrical tiller. Thats beautiful. :-)
Goose Fletch:
--- Quote from: WillS on June 09, 2014, 07:37:53 pm ---What are the tips like at the moment?
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The tip on the right limb is 14mm x 14mm, the tip on the left limb is 15mm wide by 17mm thick
--- Quote from: Bowman on June 10, 2014, 02:27:05 am ---Get the lower limb a little more stiff than the upper. Then you get a nice tiller. Warbows likes a little bit of assymetrical tiller. Thats beautiful. :-)
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gotcha ;) thank you. it is a little stiffer, but the grain on that side was more dense, so its actually thinner and has less mass on it. i hope warbows dont mind that! as you can see, its only partially more stiff.
WillS:
What's the weight at the moment? It doesn't look particularly heavy, so you're probably fine either way, but I discovered (luckily!) that heavy bows can tolerate a single thinner limb. My 125# yew warbow had such a stiff and naturally recurved bottom limb that the tip is just over 9mm wide and 10mm thick and it's not caused any problems!
Goose Fletch:
--- Quote from: WillS on June 10, 2014, 03:46:28 pm ---What's the weight at the moment? It doesn't look particularly heavy, so you're probably fine either way, but I discovered (luckily!) that heavy bows can tolerate a single thinner limb. My 125# yew warbow had such a stiff and naturally recurved bottom limb that the tip is just over 9mm wide and 10mm thick and it's not caused any problems!
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phew! excellent! pretty lucky to have a natural recurved limb. do you have pictures of that yew on the forums?
update!
so i dont have a reliable way of measuring weight except to hang weight from the string and pull the bow. it fell short of the target weight. its 75# at 75" long at 32" of draw.. so i chopped off another inch off each side, fixed on some antler overlay and called it quits, oh well, it will make a good training bow....but from now on, im splicing a board whenever i can....now the fun begins and i'll start shooting it, just waiting for the polyurethane on the next set of tapered poplar shafts to cure! :D
also, i found a giant steel spike (like 3cm x 3cm by 45 cm long) from which i plan to make a press to produce the tudor points. id be happy to trade these if they turn out well.
Goose
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