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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: How does this tiller look?
« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2017, 05:51:02 pm »
DC, I have both.

I don't clamp it down. My cradle is shaped so that it supports the handle at its ends only, this keeps it from tipping unless the limbs are far from being balanced. I also have inserts of various shapes that drop in which allow it to pivot.
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Offline DC

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Re: How does this tiller look?
« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2017, 05:55:11 pm »
How far apart are the supports? I'm liking the sound of this.

Offline Stick Bender

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Re: How does this tiller look?
« Reply #32 on: October 15, 2017, 04:26:18 am »
 In my mind I don't think you can tell every thing about the tiller by one full draw shot , if the bow shot to point of aim & was whisper quit ,zero hand shock & minimal set then I would say regardless of the full draw pic the bow would have great tiller , but those are unknowns I think a unbraced  shot is as important as the full draw, plus it's not known where he knocked the arrow to start , the limbs seem to be bending smoothly so the bow would probably live a long life !
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: How does this tiller look?
« Reply #33 on: October 15, 2017, 06:13:10 am »
DC, 4" Same width as the handle.

Stick Bender, you're right, there are unknowns and I'm making a few assumptions. I'd love to have seen that bow unbraced before tillering, and unbraced again after 1000+ shots. I'd bet my best osage stave that if it took any set, the bottom limb took more set than the  top. I'm just commenting on what appears to be going on in that one pic... assuming, odds are, it started straight unbraced, with the arrow nocked as is normally done.

Limbs can each 'bend smoothly' in their own right, but be FAR from balanced.
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Offline Ryan Jacob

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Re: How does this tiller look?
« Reply #34 on: October 29, 2017, 01:07:50 am »
This might help

The actual link
https://imgur.com/a/PMSaU