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Offline NTD

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R/D BBC Tiller check
« on: March 27, 2010, 02:59:40 am »
Decided to try to Coyote.  It is really a pretty wood and not too hard to work.  I'd like your feedback on how badly I butchered the R/D profile.





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Offline Orkraider

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2010, 07:29:56 am »
to my untrained eye, it looks great all the way through both limbs. very nice.
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2010, 08:25:29 am »
NTD I like the unstrung profile.. On the next one I would try and get the mid limb working a bit more..  ;)
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2010, 10:50:35 am »
HM, I'm not sure about my opinion.
I would like to see a photo on brace hight.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2010, 11:10:04 am »
A braced pic would help but it looks pretty good to me. Listen to what David(knightd) said. He builds lots of this type of bow.
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2010, 12:58:46 pm »
Well, I like everything about it. So there >:D!   Bookmarked, too, for March Laminates in the BOM program.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2010, 04:03:45 pm »
I think the tiller is great. There is a lot of reflex right at midlimb giving the illusion of not bending. I would be really happy with the way it turned out.
Coyote wood, or Macawood (Platymiscium yucatanum) is a slightly denser than Osage, it should be a good performer if it doesn't fret. Justin
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2010, 07:05:09 pm »
Nice bow.  :) I would be proud of it!  I've always had trouble tillering R/D bows.  In your last picture it looks like ti might have some frets.  Might not be seeing it clearly, though.
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Offline profsaffel

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2010, 09:06:28 pm »
Good looking bow. Probably has my first R/D attempt beat by a mile.
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2010, 10:14:07 pm »
Well I've had a short string of bad luck...I was doing the final sanding on this bow and noticed that it has developed compression fractures.  How long will a bow hold up after this?
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2010, 11:56:12 pm »
It depends on how bad the frets are, where they are on the bow and species of wood.
If it was me I would flatten the belly and take it down to about 30# then put another lamination on the belly.
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Offline Badger

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2010, 12:06:45 am »
   I built two from coyote and they both had compression fractures. Still shot well but you never feel the same about a bow once that happens. Lots of that tropical hardwood chrsals. Steve
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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2010, 12:32:21 am »
Too bad it checked Nathan.  The bow and tiller look real good to me.  I'd keep shooting it and see what it does.  It looks a bit like Bubinga to me and I have seen that wood be either great or useless for bows and  by looks you wouldn't be able to tell.  Perhaps try a longer elb style if you have more wood left and see if it holds up better.

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2010, 05:56:48 pm »
Its definitely bending to much in the inner limbs. You need more bend from mid limb out whether it's reflexed or not.
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Offline NTD

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Re: R/D BBC Tiller check
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2010, 08:17:40 pm »
Maybe if I had worked the midlimb more it might not have fretted. ::)  Well I'm a work in progress, If I don't get the profile right on the next two I have in the works I'm giving up on the R/D profile.
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