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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: goomba on March 18, 2019, 06:33:46 pm

Title: Need fresh eyes
Post by: goomba on March 18, 2019, 06:33:46 pm

This is another one made of elm.
I'm almost finished tillering (it's at 24" pulling 42#)
I'm going for around 45# at 26".
With it unbraced the left limb is taking more set
than the right but it also seems to be leaving the
handle at a more downward slope than the right.
Should I try to steam bend that left limb to
match the right or just leave it alone?
The tiller seems ok to me but I would like
some other eyes on it.

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Deerhunter21 on March 18, 2019, 06:44:50 pm

Outer right I think needs to bend more

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Pat B on March 18, 2019, 08:29:05 pm

My thoughts too.

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Del the cat on March 19, 2019, 01:29:47 am

+1
Del

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Artus on March 19, 2019, 03:18:53 am

+1

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 19, 2019, 06:15:56 am

Looks good to me

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Pat B on March 19, 2019, 07:38:35 am

Trace the left limb at full draw on a piece of paper and lay the right limb over it. I think it will show you the stiff spots in the right limb.

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: goomba on March 19, 2019, 10:13:06 am

I compared it with tracing paper and it looks
like outer and mid limb need wood taken off.
I'll post the fix later.
Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Knoll on March 19, 2019, 11:10:25 am

Ain't this community great?
 :BB

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: M2A on March 19, 2019, 07:00:08 pm

Might be a good idea to take a video of the bow being drawn by hand. Watch it over and over and see if it rocks back one way or the other to a stuffer limb. Some folks use I mirror  but I cant seem to get that down yet. Looks like your mighty close .

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: goomba on March 29, 2019, 08:56:57 am

I fixed the tiller on this (I got it close anyway). 
I did the tracing paper test on it and the
limbs match pretty good. I put a bunch of arrows
through it and it shoots fine.
I wrapped the limbs with some hemp because
there were a couple of minor cracks.
Stained it and put on some polyurethane on it.

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: goomba on March 29, 2019, 08:57:49 am

Oh I forgot...43# at 26"

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: Woodely on March 29, 2019, 09:02:33 am

You need to build in more of a fade transition into your bows like at least 4" on each side.  I think this will help in your tillering end game.  So a total of 12" from end fade to end fade, it looks like you only have about 7".

Title: Re: Need fresh eyes
Post by: goomba on March 29, 2019, 09:30:35 am

It's about 8" but I'll keep that in mind next time.
Thanks for the tip.