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Offline aaron

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tiller check
« on: November 10, 2009, 05:38:42 pm »
this is a 57 inch rawhide-backed osage. 1 3/8 wide at the bendy handle, tapering to 3/8 tips with back nocks. it has a propeller twist, primarily in the reflexed top limb. the photos show unbraced, braced, 19 and 24 inch draws. eventually i want to settle in at 27 inch draw. i'm looking for tiller advice.

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Offline Et_tu_brute

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Re: tiller check
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 06:15:31 pm »
Looks pretty good to me, top limb perhaps a bit stiff in the outer portion, but not far off.
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Offline Josh

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Re: tiller check
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 06:33:21 pm »
i love those circular tillered bows.  looks great to me too even though the top limb is a little stiff..  Still have like 3 more inches to tiller with though right?   :)  -josh
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Re: tiller check
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 10:38:03 pm »
looking good bro...how can you tell which is the upper and lower limb?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: tiller check
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 11:03:08 pm »
Tiller looks good. You can reduce the twist in the top limb by taking a little off the belly on the strong side of the limb. The twist will untwist as you draw the bow so it can be straight at full draw.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: tiller check
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 11:04:56 pm »
Wow! Good job with that. jawge
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Offline aaron

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Re: tiller check
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 11:02:47 am »
radius- upper limb is the one on top....it's the upper limb because of the string alignment...
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