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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Radon on March 28, 2008, 09:02:15 am

Title: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: Radon on March 28, 2008, 09:02:15 am

Hi all,

I'm currently working on my first osage bow.
Plan is 66" ntn, slight recurves, 50# @ 28".
At the moment it draws 50# @ 24" so there is a little room for possible improvements to the tiller.

Here the pics:

unstrung

(http://www.free-archers.de/files/galleries/671/IMG_2164.JPG)

at brace hight upper limb to the left

(http://www.free-archers.de/files/galleries/671/IMG_2165.JPG)


upper limb to the right

(http://www.free-archers.de/files/galleries/671/IMG_2166.JPG)

drawn to 22" upper limb to the left

(http://www.free-archers.de/files/galleries/671/IMG_2162.jpg)

22" upper limb to the right

(http://www.free-archers.de/files/galleries/671/IMG_2163.jpg)

How does that look to you?
Which changes would you suggest?

Thanks to you all.
Radon

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: GregB on March 28, 2008, 09:21:55 am

Looks to me like it might be a little stiff just out of the fades of the upper limb. Otherwise looks good... :)

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 28, 2008, 09:33:56 am

What Greg says

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: Dustybaer on March 28, 2008, 09:38:54 am

maybe i'm seeing things, but is there a stiff spot mid lower limb (third tile)  pushing the bend closer to the handle (second tile)?   but it's very mild, so i'm not even sure it's there.

PS:  here's what i mean.

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Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 28, 2008, 11:30:23 am

That's nice, Dustybear. Makes it really easy to see where wood needs to be removed. Stiff of the fades on both limbs but right limb needs to bend more. Jawge

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: cowboy on March 28, 2008, 11:51:12 am

Think your on to something there Marius! that makes it stand out, hmm...

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: Dustybaer on March 28, 2008, 01:05:04 pm

sorry folks, i think it's yankeemongiat's invention.  i'm just a copycat  ;D  but it helped show what i believed to see.

Title: Re: Help please - Tiller Question
Post by: Radon on March 28, 2008, 03:43:49 pm

Hej all,

thanks for your input!
Now I know what to do  ;D

@ Dustybear: Danke, Dir!

Gruss
Radon