Your Opinion On This Tiller....BOW (almost) FINISHED!!!

[arachnid]

Hi Guys!

I`ve been working on a new bow and basicly finished the tiller. Now, before I continue working
on the finishig stages, I`d like to hear some expert opinion on my tiller.

The bow is white oak board, 68" tip tp tip, pyramid design (2" tapering to 1/2") with a slightly reflexed tips (glued on), limd thickness in about 14/32". This is a picture of it in full draw (26" in my case):
 https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1932391_577396215683440_2063572740_n.jpg

Well, what do you think?

Thx

Dor.

[George Tsoukalas]

Looks good. Right limb may be a tad stronger. Did you string it? Jawge

[George Tsoukalas]

Doesn't look like you did. Use a scraper now. Even off the tiller by making passes all the way on the right limb and checking. 10 passes, check. Jawge

[burchett.donald]

 Arachnid,
               Is your bow asymmetrical (one limb longer)?
                                                                                   Don

[arachnid]

burchett.donald- No it`s not. I missed a bit when I cut the fades on the handle block so it looks a bit longer in the picture.
George- I do use a scraper, but I didnt understand your advice- should I make 10 passes on the RIGHT limb?
to me it looks ok. I was thinking the LEFT limb is a bit stiffer. Can you clear that out please?

And, what did you mean by "Did you string it"?

Thx.

Dor.

[burchett.donald]

  arachnid can you take a pic of you at full draw? It will look different off the tree...

[DarkSoul]

You should be working with a short string by now, with a full brace height.
What's the draw weight? And what weight are you aiming for?
Tiller looks pretty good, and may need a little bit of minor tweaking if you can spare a few pounds.

[Mark Smeltzer]

What DarkSoul said x2,
I would like to see more pictures, unstrung and if you havent had a short string or had it at brace ht. I would like to see the difference.
But that is a cool bow!

Mark

[George Tsoukalas]

Yes, the right limb. Take 10 passes. Check tiller ... continue. Once you even off the tiller go ahead and string it at a low brace height...say 3 inches. Then gradually increase the brace height if tiller is good.

Sorry about my poor typing skills.

George

[Newindian]

Might be working out of the fades a little to much regardless it looks pretty good

[mikekeswick]

Might be working out of the fades a little to much regardless it looks pretty good

No it's a pyramid taper - it's fine. The bend is good . Just that right limb is a bit strong.
Aim to start bracing your next bow somewhere around 18 -20 inches of draw. Brace it one inch high first, check, correct repeat until you've got brace height where you want it.

[arachnid]

Guys, Thanks for all the comments (and compliments).
The bow IS braced. I`m in the finisheng stages of the tiller.

I`ll upload some more pictures in a few hours (when I`m back home from work).

Dor

[arachnid]

Well, Here`s a picture of the bow braced:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1601012_577684862321242_284377037_n.jpg

Here`s me with the bow at full draw:
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/10755_577685038987891_383231237_n.jpg

Your thoughts please....

Dor

[ohma2]

You did a fine job on that.i like more bend in the fades but thats just me , again fine job

[IdahoMatt]

That's looking pretty good man.  I think you could get away with just a few more scrapes in the outer third of the top limb.  Other than that it's looking like a shooter