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Tillering: What now?
WhistlingBadger:
Tillering a juniper heartwood/bison sinew kids bow. In this picture it's drawing 10# at 16". A mammoth killer for sure! ;D It is about 44" tip to tip; bendy in the handle. Would like to get it to around 20" if possible; is that realistic without breaking it? What are you seeing tillering-wise?
Thanks!
WhistlingBadger:
Here's what's puzzling the daylights out of me: The right limb looks stiff to me, but it's actually bending further, judging by the lines on the wall. What the heck?
mmattockx:
I've never tillered a bendy handle bow, so this may be completely wrong. I'd get the mid limbs bending more, it looks to me like it's trying to hinge just out of the handle area on both sides with the limbs both stiff.
Mark
Pat B:
The inner 1/3 is bending too much. Give the limbs some scrapes at mid limb to get them bending more there. No more at the handle.
bjrogg:
I agree . It’s doing most of its bending in and right out of handle.
When I tiller, I don’t just look at bend. I look at limbs and look for straight spots. Spots that aren’t bending enough. It seems to help my eye see what isn’t a bow.
Bjrogg
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