change in tiller...comment...added pics

[straightarrow]

before anyones asks here is the unstrung and strung pic

[artcher1]

"it's the guys who don't make 'em that you have to watch."

Probably have to watch me pretty close then ! Art

[Del the cat]

@ Straightarrow:- Yeah sorry, I think my paranoia was kicking in...
I'll be ok once I've had a cat nap and a glass of wine .
I think you're right, a bit more bend near the grip and the top limb is looking a whisker weak about 2/3 the way out from the grip, you just need to unscrape it a bit there
Del

[Marc St Louis]

If you scrape the lower limb about mid limb it will bring the top limb back in line.  More wood working closer to the handle would be nice but not necessary

[George Tsoukalas]

What Marc said. There is no hinging in that bow. About stringing...I've seen guys use the push pull grabbing the upper limb several inches above the handle to make stringing easier and then wonder why the limbs shifted tiller. Grab it at the handle or use a stringer. I've heard people talking about not exercising the limbs between wood removal sessions. That's a sure way to end up with an out of tiller bow after a couple hunnert shots. Ok gettin' of the soapbox before I fall off. Jawge

[ken75]

im gonna have to agree with the last few the upper limb looks beautiful to me its the lower limb thats not working . get it working and if weight falls too much pike it a little . jmo

[straightarrow]

Well I am glad to hear that bow is not hinging. When he first posted it was suggested that it was. The power of suggestion had my head spinning on this one. I am grateful for the responses because my plan of attack was backwards and I would have had that upper limb bending even more. We will get that bottom limb bending first and I will let him decide if he wants it to bend through the handle anymore. He still has some weight to work with (64#@25") so we should be good there.... Thanks guys I appreciate it. When the young man gets it finished we will post the finish pics again.

Jon

[cwbuchanan]

hey guys sorry i didn't comment earlier but i agree on making the bottom limb bend more now that it was mentioned the top limb does look good i will defiantly take all the advise given to me and fix the bow this was a great learning experience for me and i appreciate all your guys help   

[Grunt]

I agree with what has been said about scraping the bottom limb a small bit to bring the elusive tiller between limbs back. But the most important factor is how does it shoot?