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JNystrom:
Little more... Here its 120lbs, i got to brace it next time.
I like these comparisons with paint, really makes you see the bend!

edit: Now that i look at it, looks like that left limb start that we spoke of, took even some more bend... I thought i worked it to ease some off, but tomorrow i really need to be careful.

Marc St Louis:
The outer limb on the right might give you trouble

mikekeswick:
Yes outer right is looking weak and I would say watch that deflexed spot on the outer left limb too. Bear in mind that when you brace it the mid limb into outers will bend more than with the longstring.

JNystrom:
Thank you all for tips! They sure are helpful. I'll get it braced and post some progress.

JNystrom:
Well that was relaxing... 2 hours of try's to brace the bow, loud cursing, not to forget the fearing of blowing the bow on your face. I was alone and had to do it standing, while pulling with long string and sliding the normal string on place. This was a new thing to me, so at least i learned it well, when doing that 15 times and once slapping the string on my fingers really painfully.
I made two strings for the bow, first a 8 strand bcy 452x and when this stretched like hell, a 12 strand string also. Well even the 12 strand string stretched and streched. Since 1 strand of bcy 452x should stand 70 pounds, 12 strand should be 820 pounds, aka 4x string for a 200 pounder. I'm aware the bow  is now way over 120 pounder at brace height, but not a 200???
Surely the next step is to put some 20 strand string on, but i must ask, is this a normal thing? I haven't had these problems before with my strings.

I fixed the tiller though and got it bending a bit more nicely.

edit: Or maybe i just shouldn't brace it yet? Balance the tiller and draw couple more inches with the long string.

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