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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ben8763 on June 28, 2015, 04:00:06 am

Title: Advice on tiller
Post by: ben8763 on June 28, 2015, 04:00:06 am

Hi everyone, its been a really really long time since I made a bow so it pretty well feels like Im starting from scratch, wondering if I can get a tiller check

68" ntn ironbark board bow


(http://i.imgur.com/hVs9dRr.jpg)

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: Del the cat on June 28, 2015, 05:17:31 am

Looks good to me, left looks a tad stiffer, but that's fine if it's the lower limb
Del

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: ben8763 on June 28, 2015, 06:29:50 am

Thanks Del, yep left limb is the lower.

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: George Tsoukalas on June 28, 2015, 09:07:35 am

The left limb is a little stiff coming out of the fade area.
If you are at full draw, and it looks like you are, you may want to leave it.
Jawge

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: simson on June 28, 2015, 03:46:08 pm

What the others have said, tiller looks good.
Take that bow away from the tiller tree and draw it by hand. Sometimes it makes a big difference ...
Much better to see a real f/d pic, best with an arrow drawing.

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: Carson (CMB) on June 28, 2015, 05:38:01 pm

yup, looks like the peg is on the middle of the string, or maybe even favoring the lower limb, which is not where the string will  be drawn from when actually drawing the bow by hand.

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: ben8763 on June 28, 2015, 06:06:08 pm

Drawn by hand in front of a mirror it looks to me like its evened out a little more. I had to leave it at my fathers. wont be able to get back to it for at least a week.

Title: Re: Advice on tiller
Post by: ben8763 on June 28, 2015, 06:07:38 pm

And thanks guys, a trained eye is the best tool for this.