Osage popped a splinter, tiller check needed, second video added

[bradsmith2010]

its hard to tell at that angle for me,, but the unbraced profile says it is tillered well,, how does it shoot,,
nice job on the rawhide

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks Brad, I haven't shot it since I done the rawhide. I haven't drawn it to full draw yet either. Patrick

[bradsmith2010]

well looking pretty good,, what is the weight at the draw you are pulling,,
seems like just go up an inch at a time and see how it looks,,,,what is your target weight now,, and what draw,,,,

[lebhuntfish]

Brad, I'm not sure of the weight at that draw. But it was 58 at 27 I'm hoping to get around 50 to 55 at 27. Trying to get a little more of a hunting weight out of this one. I didn't get to work on it today. I think I have a bit of a stiff spot on the upper limb about 8"long just past the fade. And I'm not sure if the fades are a little stiff or not. Patrick

[duke3192]

The fades look good to me, but you do have a serious stiff spot in the upper limb, it is only bending at the fades.
duke

[PEARL DRUMS]

The fades look good to me, but you do have a serious stiff spot in the upper limb, it is only bending at the fades.
duke

Yup, same spot that got you in trouble Patrick. Gotta get the mid limb moving and relieve some stress off the kinky fade.

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks guy's,  not sure why I'm having such a problem with this bows tiller. I'll get some work done on it today and post another video. To check tiller once I think I got it fixed. Patrick

[lebhuntfish]

Well here's a little update, I worked on it for about an hour or so this morning. I got the mid limb (upper)  bending a lot better checked the bend several times. Shot it about 4 or 5 times and it shoots better but still has some hand shock. So I worked on the outer third a bit before I had to get ready to go to town. I had the wife take a video of me drawing it. I was going to post it but after watching it several times I decided I need to get the outer third on the upper limb bending a bit better. I'll post another video this evening if I can. Thanks Patrick

[bradsmith2010]

the mid limb may look little stiff because of the reflex , make sure the taper is even,,,hard to see that in a photo,, so you need to take that into consideration as much as the way it looks,,,,

[lebhuntfish]

I did do that Brad. Used my calipers just to check for the high and low spots. Here is a new video of the tiller tell me what you think. The outer third of the top limb may need a little more  work but it's getting better. Patrick
The unbraced profile is unchanged. I'm 55 at 27 right now. 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Looks closer, hit it a few more times. That fact your unbraced profile isn't changing means your going in the right direction.

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks Pearl, I will work on it some more today. I'll post the results this afternoon. Patrick

[bradsmith2010]

looking good

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks Brad!

OK here's an update, I got the tiller straightened out and I'm down to 52 at 27. Witch I'm good with. The unbraced profile shows just a tad bit of set in the mid limb areas on both limbs. It shoots really fast and has no hand shock at all with my heavier arrows and just a touch with my lite ones. I need to do some work on the handle because it's pretty rough and still shows the split of the stave. I got carried away working on it today and started putting overlays on it before I remembered to get a full draw shot. I already sanded down the tips so as soon as I get an overlay glued on I will get a full draw shot. Thanks for all of your help guys, your awesome! Patrick