First off, thanks for the comments fellas
Howard / Mike in the original pics of the bows (002 for osage & 010 for ironwood) compared to these I'm posting now you can see that the Ironwood has changed very little and after I retillered the osage it now lies dead flat. I did not retiller the osage anywhere except the outer 20% so I'm calling that about one inch now that it's all shot in (loss of the 1" I steamed into the center before tillering)
The ironwood had nothing done to it, just tillered and drawn. In the first picture you see it as it started (slight deflex and whoopty-doos) and you can see in the pic from today it is little changed so if there is any set it's less than a 1/2". But ya can compare the pics for yourselves.
Blackhawk, either I did not speak clearly enough for you or you miss-understood. Since the osage bow was retillered from stiff tip circle to full circle, the outer parts of both limbs were scraped down quite a bit, thus making them not as strong as when they were stiff....I believe that difference in strength is what offset the added couple of pounds that should have come with the extra 1" of draw. So to answer your question the retiller did not result in more set, the flat bow as it sits now is just like you all do when you start by cookin in a couple inches of reflex so your bow will come out flat, I steamed in 1" and its now flat so I'm calling it 1" set Compare the pictures for your self and you decide.
rich
