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Ruddy Darter:
What sort of weight are you going to be aiming for Del, or just playing it by ear?
(If it's around the 100 mark I could give you the dimensions of my one, apart from the collapse at the centre around a knot(previous post) it had a lovely arc and the limbs took on relatively little set and was a sweet shooter, the limb cross section was very oval.)


Ruddy Darter.

Del the cat:

--- Quote from: Ruddy Darter on March 26, 2016, 04:57:35 am ---What sort of weight are you going to be aiming for Del, or just playing it by ear?
(If it's around the 100 mark I could give you the dimensions of my one, apart from the collapse at the centre around a knot(previous post) it had a lovely arc and the limbs took on relatively little set and was a sweet shooter, the limb cross section was very oval.)


Ruddy Darter.

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It won't be a warbow... maybe a flight bow or ....an idunnobow
Del

mikekeswick:
Told ya....
Lower limb is weak and the tiller is too round. Reducing just the tips width won't achieve anything.

sleek:


Its still round but at least even. The hand shock is still so bad it hurts my wrist. So, if an elliptical tiller is wanted, will piking do the trick with no tiller adjustment?

WillS:
I'd be inclined to say the tips are too stiff.  That'll account for some of the shock, as well.

Whenever I'm in doubt, I try and do a tiller comparison against somebody who knows what they're doing when it comes to warbows - this is one of Joe's 170lb laminate bows with a perfect circle (not an ellipse) laid over the top.  To me, that's as good as it can ever get, and I've a feeling yours could do with just easing off those tips a fraction, just to bring them round a bit. 



I know some people don't like the fully round tiller shape, but if you're getting a bit of a whack on release and the tips are stiff, that would be my approach :)

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