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Selfbowman:
Yes Willie I do believe I need some tillering lessons from a few of the guys on the forum. There are guys better at it than me for sure. I’m good at making them bend even but they end up with more set than I like.
willie:
I think most could learn from you, Arvin. tillering can be an art.
Do you find the set happening in the same places when it ocurs? perhaps if you could write a little about how you monitor set as you tiller out. where you measure. when you measure etc, detail your procedures a bit more for the reader
maybe the set gets worse as you shoot the bow more?
Selfbowman:
--- Quote from: willie on May 24, 2024, 08:51:40 pm ---I think most could learn from you, Arvin. tillering can be an art.
Do you find the set happening in the same places when it ocurs? perhaps if you could write a little about how you monitor set as you tiller out. where you measure. when you measure etc, detail your procedures a bit more for the reader
maybe the set gets worse as you shoot the bow more?
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Willie set never happens til I reach 20 inches of draw . Yes some times the more I shoot in a bow more set creeps in. Usually not more tan than 1-1/2” . On flight arrows maybe I should design a 20” draw. But the arrows have to be 22” long. So you might as well go for at least a 24” draw. I floor tiller to about 20 pounds over desired draw weight then go to the long string never going over desired draw weight.at about twenty inches of draw on long string I brace the bow.then go from there.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on May 25, 2024, 11:49:47 am ---
--- Quote from: willie on May 24, 2024, 08:51:40 pm ---I think most could learn from you, Arvin. tillering can be an art.
Do you find the set happening in the same places when it ocurs? perhaps if you could write a little about how you monitor set as you tiller out. where you measure. when you measure etc, detail your procedures a bit more for the reader
maybe the set gets worse as you shoot the bow more?
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Willie set never happens til I reach 20 inches of draw . Yes some times the more I shoot in a bow more set creeps in. Usually not more tan than 1-1/2” . On flight arrows maybe I should design a 20” draw. But the arrows have to be 22” long. So you might as well go for at least a 24” draw. I floor tiller to about 20 pounds over desired draw weight then go to the long string never going over desired draw weight.at about twenty inches of draw on long string I brace the bow.then go from there.
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What Arvin said. I pretty much do the same thing. I may vary a little depending on type of bow build but pretty well what Arvin says here for alb or pyramid style and recurve long bows.
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on May 24, 2024, 07:54:06 pm ---I’m good at making them bend even but they end up with more set than I like.
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Make one 1/2" wider at the fades than your usual. You pay almost zero limb weight penalty with your pyramid design and the extra width makes a huge difference in the strain on the wood.
--- Quote from: willie on May 24, 2024, 08:51:40 pm ---tillering can be an art.
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Not just 'can be', I'd say it really is in almost all cases.
Mark
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