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tiller check please

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stuckinthemud:
I first built this billet bow 6 years ago, it had issues, including a deflex kink over a knot and overlays on the back and belly that needed binding to stop a weak handle bending too much, and it was pretty whip tillered.   I never shot it but put it on the rack of shame and moved on to the next one.  Anyway, I pulled it down last week, heated out the deflex kink, dealt with a few problem knots properly that I had ignored last time, then I tempered the belly, flipped the tips a little and reflexed the thing an inch.  I would welcome your thoughts on the revised tiller, the centre is not really a working section, and I know it starts bending too far out from the handle.  The weaker limb (left) is the lower limb.

Thanks

Andrew

Pat B:
The right limb is bending fine. The left limb seem to be bending a bit too much at mid limb.

stuckinthemud:
That’s what I see as well.  I am pretty close to my target draw weight.  I could try hitting the left limb with more heat but I suspect that’s not going to tighten it up enough.  If I get the right bending more, will I lose much draw weight, or could I call it positive tiller and leave things as they are?

Pat B:
Andrew, shoot it a bunch and see if it doesn't smooth out a bit.

stuckinthemud:
Sounds like a plan, I like it.

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