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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2019, 08:21:51 pm »
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #31 on: October 02, 2019, 08:24:42 pm »
It does smell really good!  (=) took me 1.5 hrs for one side untill i found that i can turn the fan up! ::) :D next side took me 20 mins. (-S gonna work on tillering tomorrow!
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #32 on: October 02, 2019, 08:25:17 pm »
I hope im doing this build along thing right  (SH)
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2019, 12:01:06 pm »
Looking good
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #34 on: October 04, 2019, 01:53:21 pm »
Thanks!
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #35 on: October 05, 2019, 07:45:04 pm »
Proof that im getting my tillering eye!

The lines on the right side is where i thought it was stiff.
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #36 on: October 05, 2019, 07:46:41 pm »
And i was right!

Plus more pics.
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #37 on: October 05, 2019, 07:48:12 pm »
Could i get some help on the tiller?

Im thinking inner right, mid left.
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #38 on: October 06, 2019, 08:18:19 am »
This is the point for me when the straight edge is king.  Run a 4 inch item along the belly. It can be anything as long as it is flat and straight along one side.  a 4 inch long 1x2, 2x2.  A piece of metal, anything that gives you a good straight edge on it.  Run it along the belly from handle to tip while the bow is drawn like it is in your pic.  Any spot with little or no gap needs to bend more.  Mark it with a pencil for scraping.  Any spot that has a gap wider than what's around it is bending too much.  Mark that spot as don't touch!  Do that on both limbs.  If you keep the gap even from stem to stern, the tiller will be right with no hinges or stiff spots.  A little common sense is needed.  The areas next to the grip and nearing the tips wont bend, right?  So they will fade to flat (no gap).  Now you can single handedly get that bow finished.  Asking for tiller advice at this point from 20 different people will get you 5 different answers and that's fine.  Which answer agrees with the straight edge?  That's the one to follow.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #39 on: October 06, 2019, 08:43:59 am »
Yep, straight edge or tillering gizmo - either will allow you to get things bending somewhat quickly (without rushing of course - maybe "efficiently" is a better word).  Dean Torges compared tiller to stalking an animal - if you start off moving super slowly when you are a mile away, you will never get there.  Right now you aren't quite close enough to spook anything!  So, don't rush, but don't be afraid to remove wood evenly either.

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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #40 on: October 06, 2019, 11:38:30 am »
I'd say SLIMBOB summed it up perfectly for you. Good luck.
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #41 on: October 06, 2019, 01:09:17 pm »
Looks like your doing fine, I cant wait to see the progress.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #42 on: October 06, 2019, 04:04:01 pm »
Note to Parnell and others, Hackberry also has those sub-annual rings mistakenly called "lunar rings". Don't let that stuff fool you or you will end up in a wrap-around sleeves dinner jacket with the pretty, pretty shiny hardware and buckles and booked into the Ricochet Room at the Rubber Ramada.

I tried chasing one of those lunar rings and went loonie. (Yes, this is what did it, now you know.)
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #43 on: October 06, 2019, 04:07:38 pm »
Thanks SLIMBOB! hard to hold a pulley and check it though. may put some pegs on it.

I got it bending pretty well at brace height. long story short, cant string it, need to make a new string, make/find/redneck some string wax.

Also I found some kina concerning marks on the back (back violation). Ill get pictures tomorrow as my phone is set to the side today.

Jw dont you mean you went Luny!!  ;D ;D
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Re: Hackberry build along
« Reply #44 on: October 07, 2019, 10:03:40 am »
Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 06, 2019, 04:07:38 pm
Thanks SLIMBOB! hard to hold a pulley and check it though. may put some pegs on it.
I made a jam cleat for my tree. Works great.
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