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Offline bubbles

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Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« on: January 03, 2019, 09:04:08 pm »
Question: Do you prefer to check your tiller by watching the limbs work dynamically - either by having a tiller tree set up a distance away and watching as you pull, or watching a video of the limbs being worked?  Or do you prefer to pull it and take a picture and look at the limbs sitting statically?

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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2019, 09:09:46 pm »
Also, if you have time, a quick tiller check.  Still on the long string. 60#@15".  I'm going to be recurving the ends eventually.  This is my first actual Osage stave and I'm not used to even this minimal amount of character. Haha.

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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2019, 02:39:33 am »
If you have video, you can grab stills from it if you want stills for measurement or comparison.
So it's a bit of a no contest really.
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Offline M2A

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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2019, 06:23:38 am »
I found slow motion video very helpful when I get a few inches short of FD by taping a shot. I can get a good look at how the limbs react on the draw and how the limbs return, pause/rewind/play at any time.  It has worked well for me. UP to that point a still pic seems to be enough. 

Tiller looks good to my eyes. Good luck on the build. Mike           

Offline Pat B

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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2019, 07:28:50 am »
I use the tiller tree to check tiller but not until I get the pic of me pulling to full draw, in my hands, can I really tell.
 Squinting your eyes while looking at character staves on the tiller tree helps give you the overall picture but eliminates the character distractions.
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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2019, 08:42:29 am »
I always tiller the last few inches holding the bow looking in my window as a mirror and also let my daughter take pics of the tiller when I draw it. My bows feel way more balanced since I started doing that

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Preference: Checking tiller with video or pics?
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2019, 06:52:49 pm »
I like full draw digi pics. Jawge
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