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Grain orientation on stave
Ruddy Darter:
Just wanting to check, when tillering the bow I have the bow resting dead centre and where on the string should it be drawn, dead centre or an inch up from centre?
(Got it drawing 3 or so inches as it is on a short string but not on any brace, so next visit I'll shimmy it all even and go for brace hight sometime soon).
R.D.
WillS:
I hold it on the tiller dead centre, and pull dead centre and just make sure one limb is a tad stiffer. Then when it's down to 28" (which is where I stop tillering all my heavy bows) it gets the last bit of checking in the hand, flipping it over a few times and tweaking the hand and arrow positions until everything looks right.
Everybody does it differently I think, so it's down to what you prefer. I could never feel comfortable tillering them off-centre, and every time I see somebody post tiller pics where the bow is held somewhere odd it just looks awful to me :P
Ruddy Darter:
Thanks WillS, thought I'd check that, I'll be pulling central on the string then as I'll be using a make do tiller tree on the floor of the garage mostly with no marked backlines for guidance so that makes life easier, and for eye judgement, that's until I start getting somewhere, then I mount the tree in the workbench, otherwise a pain keep swapping around to set up for removing wood.
I really have no idea what weight it will make.
Thanks,
R.D.
Ruddy Darter:
Here's where I am, a pic on low brace and a pic on a 10" draw, and the bow after untraced.
Any advice from here appreciated,
R.D.
WillS:
From the middle of each limb to the tips they're both waaaaay too stiff. Get them working much harder!
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