Hi all.
I'm working on my third bow, attempting to make my first D bow following the guidance at the end of TBBv4. I've been feeling pretty good about my progress with this one until I finished floor tiller, and then I realized that one of the limbs is quite a bit more reflexed than the other. Now honestly, I'm far from confident with tillering still, and tillering uneven limbs seems a bit over my head. I'm still not even clear how to wrap my head around tillering uneven limbs, because it seems at that point you aren't getting them to match up symmetrically, but you are having to compensate for the unequal bend (so the tiller profile, if perfect, would look off??). Is that right? So my question is, for an amateur bow maker what's my best way to proceed? Do I make a form to bend the wood to, to try and even out the limbs?
If so how's the best way to go about making a form like that. I'm unclear how I would create the right arc lines in the form...
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