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ozy clint:
I finished tillering a mollegabet yesterday. It's made from an ironbark stave I cut some years ago. I left the back as nature made it and the limbs are mostly sapwood. Top limb is on the right and is longer than the bottom limb. It's an asymmetric bow. Turned out to be 64#@27"amo 66" NTN. I haven't shaped the handle or the levers yet.

Let me know what you think of the tiller. Brace is 6"  this is my 2nd bow. I'm just happy it's not a 2 piece.

ozy clint:
Looking at the full draw photo it looks like the bottom limb bends more. Didn't notice that yesterday.

superdav95:
Pretty solid stuff for a second bow!  You could balance this a bit still if you don’t mind loosing a little draw weight.  Take a few scrapes from the right limb and exercise the limbs then check again. 

Hamish:
Before you make any changes, check the amount of set between the upper and lower limb, and let us know. The set will tell you if you need to make any changes.
When you make a bow with a shorter lower limb, you intentionally bias it to be stronger and therefore not bending the same amount as the upper limb. 

bjrogg:
I agree with everything said so far.  Very nice work.

My only concern is the transition from lever to working limb left limb. My eye seems to think it’s bending a little more right at that spot. I wouldn’t remove any more there.

I’m just looking on my phone and didn’t see starting unbraced profile.

Like said though, really nice work

Bjrogg

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