Need Help on Tiller Please, from the OCD Hinge Hater

[330bull]

Hello,

Well I wish my original post was an April Fool's joke but it's not.  I re tillered this bow and managed to save it.  It pulls ~45# @ 26", so I think I may just finish it out and give it to a kid, or stretch it out to 28" and give it to my buddy.  It originall pulled 55# @ 26, with 1" of reflex on both ends, and...was smokin' hot!     Now it has ~1" of string follow, but almost zero handshock.

Please take a look at the tiller and let me know what all of you think.

Thanks in advance, and as always I appreciate your feedback.

Joe

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[Pat B]

Joe, It looks good to me.   When I'm tillering a bow with lots of irregularities I squint my eyes to look at it. This blurs the details out and just shows me the silhouette. Those details will get you in trouble sometimes.       Pat

[Otoe Bow]

Joe, Didn't you torch the last one that looked like that? Better try again, but this time, just send it to me and save the carbon credits.   The oval tells the tell.  It looks pretty good, maybe just a bit stiff on the bottom, uh  em..  right.. limb towards the very tip.  But then again, I'm one of the new guys.

Mike

[ricktrojanowski]

I don't know about you Joe, That looks beautiful and 45# is plenty for deer.  You have blacktails in Or. right?

[Gordon]

If you are looking for perfect then the bottom limb could come around a little more near the tip. But it is fine just the way it is. There is nothing wrong with a 45# bow - your arm, shoulder, and accuracy will appreciate the lighter weight after a long day of shooting.

[El Destructo]

Well like Otoe said...the Bottom Limb could be tweaked a bit...if you want perfection....Mr. O.C.D......but please leave it be....and enjoy it...or give it to someone that will!! As for the Picture....glad you picked up on that little Trick...it has worked for me for Years......you cant hide the Details for it....as long as you hold the Bow square in the Picture.....I like it....go shoot!!!

[CutNShoot]

Okay I'm with everyone else the bow is good enough. The one question I have is how do you get the dotted lines on the pic.

[El Destructo]

Microsoft Paint works...and there are a bunch of others too

[DanaM]

Joe thats just awful better send it to me you wouldn't want anyone to see ya with hat would you

Looks good from where I'm sitting.

[330bull]

Thanks for all of the feedback guys.  I truly appreciate it and I can assure you I will always ask for tillering advice from this point forward.  I hate tillering trees because i don't like to hold the bow @ full draw for more than 2 seconds.  So...I'll continue to use MS WORD and a camera!

Joe

[George Tsoukalas]

I don't either, John. I use a rope and pulley. See Bow Making Directions on my site. Jawge
http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/

[El Destructo]

I don't either, John. I use a rope and pulley. See Bow Making Directions on my site. Jawge
http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/

Jawge...how do you hold it at draw and go mark the spots that need attention???

[Gordon]

I'm with George on this one - make yourself a tree. It's much better (and safer) than a tillering stick and a great tool for breaking in a bow.

[Gordon]

how do you hold it at draw and go mark the spots that need attention???

Hold the rope with one hand and mark with the other. Or you can attach a cleat to the tree to hold the rope for you.

[El Destructo]

how do you hold it at draw and go mark the spots that need attention???

Hold the rope with one hand and mark with the other. Or you can attach a cleat to the tree to hold the rope for you.

So you have to hold the Rope and walk back up to the Bow to mark it?? Well I guess I am going to have to put a Tiedown in the Floor ...so I can hook it off and then walk up and mark it....or I could give my Walkie Talkie to my Wife and let He mark it.......
Still be a safe distance from it myself!!!!! Don't tell Her I said that....She'd Scalp Me!!!