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Selfbowman:
The thing strange is you can tiller a hundred pound bow to that same braced profile.

superdav95:

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that not much to go on, but I have seen these sort of issues when.....
bracing too early, you could be overstressing the stave when bracing 
not working the bow after adjustments

dont worry about getting the handle bending too much this early in the tiller

a tiller tree with a backboard you can trace the curve on would help

       

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Yes to all he said.  I also will add that I use a long string just after basic floor tiller but make it as short as I can.  I’ll have it almost touching the handle even.  I also use the wooden yard stick method and gizmo too on some builds.  I’ll measure the mid point of each limbs bending section and use this as a reference when holding the yard stick up to the bend looking at the arc of the bend to see if it’s balanced on both halves of the bending part of the limb.  I do this with each limb individually and then comparing with each other.  I’ll measure the depth from the belly at the mid mark to yard the stick as it’s held up to the limb to view the bend and compare to other limb.   I find this works well for me to get to brace and have it be spot on with little balancing needed at all normally.  I’ll use this method to get to low brace around 5.5-6” and then do this till I hit around 20”.  I’ll then decide if recurves of heated reflex or heat treatment is done.  No hard fast rule I guess and depends on the build I’m doing.   

Kidder:
So I’ll chime in with a couple thoughts. First, make sure that your long string is as short as possible. Too long of a long string Will drastically change your bend from brace. Secondly, your handle section should be the last area to bend so don’t worry about getting your gizmo in there until after brace anyways. Finally, and I don’t know if this is ideal or not, but I continue to floor tiller as I long string tiller. The purpose being to exercise the limbs good but more importantly to have a very good feel for balance of the limbs. Since I’ve started doing that my initial short string has been far more balanced. Also when I initially string a bow on a short string I only leave the string on long enough to judge the next moves, which is usually just balancing the limbs a bit. This might mean the bow is only strung for 2-3 seconds. Until I’ve got the bow well balanced and with a nice brace I won’t leave the string on for any period of time. It all takes time and practice. Keep at it and remember to have fun!

Badger:
You are guessing at when to brace it, there is no need to guess. You can weigh a bow before it is braced. Simply pull it down and weigh it like you would a braced bow. When you are hitting the target weight at about 23" go ahead and brace it.

stuckinthemud:
What if you are trying for the highest draw weight the bow will give ? I guess, get to 23” then brace it?

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