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Overweight tiller best approach?
TimBo:
I am going to have to go out to the garage and play with long strings and scales for a while for this to make sense. The words are starting to spin around in my head...
willie:
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hopefully Badger can quantify what he measures and where. I have used this method with success, but have not developed enough experience to know how much to back off.
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I presume leaving the outers a bit stiff initially could be one way utilize this method.
Having done so, and upon seeing weight loss, one might assume the inner limbs are getting to thin and the bend shape needs to move "outward"?
Badger:
I should probably start another thread to discuss that. It's not a real short answer. I like to use as little limb working as possible. Now even though I like to use as little as possible working 90% of the time I still have to use almost the whole limb. My primary go to area is right off the fades I'd like to leave about 3 inches that's pretty stiff I can go back into that 3 in and get quite a few inches of draw if necessary
bradsmith2010:
sometimes I am making a bow for someone,, thats wants a specific draw,, and I have to live with some set,, its a bit different if making for myself,, I can stop when the draw is any length,, or reduce the target weight,,
but for most hunting purposes,, a bow with a little set is still very deadly,, so have to factor that in to what is always a give and take with performance and practicality..for that bows intended use,,its complicated,,, (-S
Badger:
--- Quote from: bradsmith2010 on October 18, 2022, 04:17:12 pm ---sometimes I am making a bow for someone,, thats wants a specific draw,, and I have to live with some set,, its a bit different if making for myself,, I can stop when the draw is any length,, or reduce the target weight,,
but for most hunting purposes,, a bow with a little set is still very deadly,, so have to factor that in to what is always a give and take with performance and practicality..for that bows intended use,,its complicated,,, (-S
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I don't think I have made a bow in life without some set. I have come pretty close a lot of times though. Thats where the fun comes in for me is fighting set.
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