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Offline chasing crow

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2012, 12:20:01 pm »
The bow looks really good. Hope the fix works for you.
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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #31 on: February 05, 2012, 12:40:21 pm »
stinks when that happens,the bow was looking sweet too!  I've got a sweet birch sapling that I'm goona start work on soon and now I'm nervous about knots in birch! I have built a couple already and I can say this,be careful if you back it,I used hickory to back and it was so strong it crushed the belly like an accordion!! I think I'm going to try cherry next time!  I hope you can fix er'   Gl,Ron 

Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #32 on: February 08, 2012, 12:16:23 am »
ok so shes all patched up, i scraped b4 and after the patch and a couple even ones down the opposite limb.  lost an lb tho 53 at 24.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #33 on: February 08, 2012, 06:28:20 am »
Just saw this.  Looks like a real nice bow to me.  Good save.

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Offline Dazv

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #34 on: February 08, 2012, 08:48:26 am »
looks like a great bow to me.

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #35 on: February 08, 2012, 09:57:36 am »
Good save,that's a good looking tiller to me. Hope it with stands the test of time and many arrows. :)Looks like it should. Nice work :)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #36 on: February 08, 2012, 10:14:06 am »
Nice bow. Congrats on saving it...so far...knock on wood... :D
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2012, 04:56:11 pm »
I've found that knots, despite how the tiller looks, are a likely place for chrysals to show up. Especially on weaker woods. I'm sure we all got a favorite bow tucked away somewhere, that has a couple chrysal patches, that we just don't tell nobody about. Tim Baker said that it's still a bow until the back fails. I think if you noticed alarmingly increasing set in that area as well as dramatic draw weight loss, then there would be cause for concern. Or they kept increasing or more started showing up. But as long that doesn't happen I personally would be very happy with that bow.  :laugh: The tiller looks great to me from the start.
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Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: PaperBirch D-bow - tiller help
« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2012, 05:58:18 pm »
thanks alot toomanyknots, i will take this into consideration in the future.  I plan to build a few more, from larger trees to permit wider limbs :) so long as it shoots straight, im fine with it :D
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