I liked PrimitiveTim's tillering video idea, so I stole it (assuming I got it to work).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbhBcdzt_WoThis is a private video, and I will take it down in a couple of days, but any advice would be appreciated. (Good advice especially!)
This bow is an Osage flatbow design, about 63" NTN, currently 55# @ 23"; target weight is 55#@26". Brace height is still about an inch low, and I am drawing to about 22" in the video. There is some light propeller twist and other funkiness and I am trying to proceed VERY carefully since I had a similar elm bow to this point over the summer, took a bit too much off the lower limb, developed chrysals, etc. - grrr. Width is 1 5/8" until a bit before midlimb (sort of a compromise between Torges layout and TBB for flatbow design). It started with a couple inches of reflex (heat induced) and seems to have lost an inch or inch and a half pretty evenly so far. I would like to sweat it but really want to make sure the limbs are bending evenly. The top one is mostly the one I wonder about; the bottom one looks good to me (although it is the funkiest). It seems to feel balanced when drawing, but I am still learning to feel tiller that way and don't totally trust myself.
Thanks in advance! I am eager to get this bow done so I can shoot it of course, and also so I can finally post something here.
