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Offline ben8763

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Advice on tiller
« on: June 28, 2015, 04:00:06 am »
Hi everyone, its been a really really long time since I made a bow so it pretty well feels like Im starting from scratch, wondering if I can get a tiller check

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2015, 05:17:31 am »
Looks good to me, left looks a tad stiffer, but that's fine if it's the lower limb
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Offline ben8763

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2015, 06:29:50 am »
Thanks Del, yep left limb is the lower.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2015, 09:07:35 am »
The left limb is a little stiff coming out of the fade area.
If you are at full draw, and it looks like you are, you may want to leave it.
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Offline simson

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2015, 03:46:08 pm »
What the others have said, tiller looks good.
Take that bow away from the tiller tree and draw it by hand. Sometimes it makes a big difference ...
Much better to see a real f/d pic, best with an arrow drawing.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2015, 05:38:01 pm »
yup, looks like the peg is on the middle of the string, or maybe even favoring the lower limb, which is not where the string will  be drawn from when actually drawing the bow by hand.
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Offline ben8763

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2015, 06:06:08 pm »
Drawn by hand in front of a mirror it looks to me like its evened out a little more. I had to leave it at my fathers. wont be able to get back to it for at least a week.
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Offline ben8763

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Re: Advice on tiller
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2015, 06:07:38 pm »
And thanks guys, a trained eye is the best tool for this.
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