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Offline Zion

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2012, 08:32:22 pm »
Looks awsome to me. And looks like you'll be able to hit target weight. Can't wait to see it in FULL DRAW!!!!!!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2012, 12:54:10 am »
Just got home from Thanksgiving dinner and wanted to thank my friends here for your input on this project. Lots of good advice and I think I now have a good idea how to proceed with this bow. Hoping to have some time tomorrow to work on getting her stretched out
a little further. Thanks guys.
Greg
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2012, 02:23:57 pm »
That is coming along nicely.  What a character piece!  It looks a little stiff in the handle area, more so on the upper limb. 
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Offline JonW

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2012, 07:36:00 pm »
No advice to add that already hasn't been said. Keep up what ya got going and let me see her yanked on back.
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2012, 10:01:38 pm »
She's looking really good so far Greg, good job. I would also say to remove a little more wood from the handle area, but go real slow. Dont want it to end up weak in that area. Really impressed with its looks so far. I can tell this is'nt your first character bow.
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Offline steve b.

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2012, 03:41:43 am »
That is really cool.....
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2012, 11:02:59 am »
I can't believe you are making a bow out of that!  Just awesome.  looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow (Update w/pic)
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2012, 05:16:07 pm »
Well sometimes they break!
Gonna grab  another split of this stuff from the stave pile and try again though, tension break lower limb at 27" draw.
Greg
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2012, 05:22:19 pm »
That is a heart breaker. :'( :'( :'(  Man, you were right there too.  Like you said, sometimes the break. 
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Offline Will H

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2012, 05:25:55 pm »
Man I hate that for ya! It was looking so nice too. well if you ain't breakin, you ain't makin ::)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2012, 05:26:48 pm »
Too bad man.  Ya know, if this were easy, and we didn't ever have THAT happen, we'd be doin' something else.
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Offline diliviu

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2012, 05:37:11 pm »
Great tiller!
For that width of the handle, I would not make it bend more in the handle compared to the rest of the bend - compared to how it's bending now (I mean make it bend a little more allover, but bend same way as it's bending now).
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Offline diliviu

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2012, 06:08:22 pm »
Oh, I've just seen. Really sorry for it!
(Pretty unexpected for me to break at this draw length, these dimensions and this tiller, even such a knotty buckthorn.)
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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2012, 07:11:43 pm »
ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH  >:(......happens to all of us tho
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Offline Zion

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Re: tiller check buckthorn bow
« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2012, 07:27:22 pm »
That sucks bro. But hey, ya never know what a piece of wood will do. So many times it looks perfect and then it randomly explodes. I hope the other half will work!
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