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Offline RyanY

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Yin and Yang
« on: December 04, 2012, 06:10:24 pm »
Wanted to make one but had enough for two of the same design. Yin and Yang! Stats are the exact same for both bows. Hickory, 56" ntn 50#@28". 4" handle and 3" fades, handle is 1 1/4" wide, 1 5/8" wide at the fades with a convex taper to 3/8" tips. Back trapped to 1/2 the width of the belly. Heat treated and retains over an inch of reflex. What was left of the cambium has been painted over to empasize the theme. The best part about them is that I only had to make one string! Thanks for looking!












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Offline bow101

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2012, 06:14:37 pm »
Twins..... ;D..........Very sweet tiiler on those charcaters.. ;D
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 06:44:38 pm »
That is some pretty tiller right there.
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Offline rps3

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 06:52:01 pm »
Wow, you have mad skills. Beautiful tiller punctuated by a super unbraced profile.

 I have a hickory finishing up I was thinking about posting, but it would look bush league compared to these.
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2012, 07:03:18 pm »
great tiller, those bows look so simple, but probably very effective too....
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2012, 07:08:32 pm »
Beautiful. The unbraced profile on both have about the perfect amount of reflex. The fulldraws are perfect like always as well, but I'm starting to like your unbraced profile pics better,  ;D.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2012, 07:11:37 pm »
Very nice bows! Jawge
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2012, 07:33:09 pm »
Pretty cool Ryan. Nice job.
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Offline Zion

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2012, 07:58:11 pm »
Awesome tiller on both, nice job. I like your idea
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2012, 08:04:58 pm »
I've noticed a lot of your bows are very slightly whipended. Is this intentional and does it positively affect performance for you?
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2012, 08:19:55 pm »
Thanks guys.

rps3, Compared to a lot of the bows on here my finish work is sub par. It's all relative. Thanks for the kind words.

Dictionary, what I consider to be whip tillered is when the tiller is incorrect because it bends far more in the outer limbs than it should. Many of my bows are elliptically tillered which means they bend slightly more in the outer limbs than the inner limbs for even strain. Tiller should reflect the width profile of the bow so that mass moves efficiently. It is very intentional on my part. This "mass logic" as I've heard Badger (Steve) call it is what I consider one of the most important concepts in making well performing bows. Many people make all their bows with a circular tiller and more often than not I see bows that bend far too much near the handle. While they may work it is not good for mass distribution.
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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2012, 08:42:05 pm »
Sweet...if u can do that with inferior wood I wonder what you could do with some "real" bow wood  :P  :laugh:
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2012, 09:18:10 pm »
Quote from: blackhawk on December 04, 2012, 08:42:05 pm
Sweet...if u can do that with inferior wood I wonder what you could do with some "real" bow wood  :P  :laugh:

 ;D ;D ;D
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 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2012, 10:14:32 pm »
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!   
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Yin and Yang
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2012, 10:19:12 pm »
Nice bowing bows Ryan. I like the layout and results.
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