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Zugul:
I've gained 1 1/2 inches of draw and to me it seems like the inner half of both limbs is bending decently while the outher half is pretty stiff (left outer 1/2 limb stiffer then the right one). What do you guys think?

Zugul:
After a long pause I got at this bow again, now it's finally at low brace height. I also corrected the deflex between the knot and the end of the left limb, to make it easier to judge the bend there. To my eye the bow seems a bit stiff in the inner 1/3 of each limb and in the knot area, what do you guys think?

superdav95:
Yup that’s what I see too.  Looking good though.  Get it to brace and then get better idea on how the bend is coming from brace.  The bend draw will look different from brace. 

Zugul:
Finally managed to get the bow to a 5" brace height, after getting it to 35# at  a little more then 14" when it was at a shorter brace. It started getting a bit of set (1/2") pretty spread out along both limbs but there's a touch more of it at the wiggle on the right of the middle of the bow, so that area wil stay untouched. Other than that I'd say it can bend a touch more right in the middle, thoughts? After that adjustment I'd just keep getting the weight down while I approach draw lenght  :BB

Zugul:
I did a few little tweaks and brought the brace height up to 6", the weight is now at 35# at 16". Set did not increase so it seems like I'm on the right track, maybe the right limb is still a bit stiff around mid limb. From now it should be only a matter of adjusting the right limb and then even mass removal and frequent tiller checks, correct?
If you click on the image you'll be sent to the one I posted on flickr, where you can zoom on it if needed to better judge the bend

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