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Recurve Tiller
Vgo750:
Sigh, I know exactly what you mean. I can stare at tiller for hours and make absolutely no progress. But looking at yours has me inspired to finish up tillering my first recurve that I’ve been picking up and putting down for about 2 years haha.
Marc St Louis:
looks pretty good
ShorterJ:
Vgo that sounds like a plan. Might as well finish it out after putting in the effort to bend it haha. I hope it works out well for you.
Thanks Marc, the inspiration for this bow came from a picture of one of yours. I think it was a post about performance and speed of selfbows. I can’t remember.
bownarra:
I'd also say it looks pretty good. :)
The wood will always give you these answers if you listen to it!
Set and its location is your tiller radar! A great tip is to trace the backs side profile onto a wall/floor etc before ever bending the stave. Watching as it takes set along the way to full draw will tell you if you have the correct bend for your width profile.
As a general rule you want no set at all inner limb, a little starting at mid limb and the rest out to the tips. This distribution of set will give you the most efficient bow.
darinputman:
28" draw 62" ntn with what for me would be big curves taking up a few inches of a already short bow, I think it is an awesome job. You didn't even have to put string grooves on the curves from what I can tell, full curves like that have definately given me problems in the past. Perfect string alignment is a must to keep it from popping off especially without grooves on belly of curves. Tiller looks good, definately a bow to be proud of. Also the lack of set in the unbraced picture on such a stressed design, for me anyway speaks volumes about your tillering skills. Again thats one to be proud of for sure.
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