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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: recurve shooter on March 22, 2010, 09:51:45 pm

Title: tiller help
Post by: recurve shooter on March 22, 2010, 09:51:45 pm

got bored and took my only simi-successfull bow which was a 72 inch, 35 pound red oak long bow. cut three inches off the tip of each limb and am in the process of reworking it to a more useable bow.

sorry bout the crappy pics, cellphone camera, and my grandpa is neither an archer or a photographer, so here is the best we could do lol.  ;D i suck at tillering so tell me what i need to do guys.
(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy146/ikillgarfish/006-1.jpg)
(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy146/ikillgarfish/005-2.jpg)
(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy146/ikillgarfish/004-2.jpg)

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: riarcher on March 22, 2010, 10:07:27 pm

To me, the top limb looks long and stiff.
But don't take my word on it. Wait for another.

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: youngbowyer33 on March 22, 2010, 10:18:28 pm

a bit more bending out of the fade on the top limb is what i would do right now

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: El Destructo on March 22, 2010, 10:50:22 pm

The Picture with your Grandfather drawing the Bow...it looks like the Top Limb may be a bit stiff out of the Fade...but the second Picture with you drawing it...the Tiller looks fine to me....JMO

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 22, 2010, 11:12:14 pm

I think it looks great too. Jawge

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: profsaffel on March 22, 2010, 11:28:04 pm

Like they said, top limb is a little stiff while the bottom limb looks great. Pretty good over all though.

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: recurve shooter on March 22, 2010, 11:47:04 pm

cool. top limb out of the fade. i'll work on it tomorrow. thanks guys. i'll do a little scrapeing and put up another couple pics tomorrow. this thing took alot of set, but its my first functional, non-broken bow so far, so its fine with me lol.  ::) and i didnt really notice before but lookin at the pics i think my top limb is longer. might just have to leave it like that. dont really bother me.

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: El Destructo on March 23, 2010, 12:49:45 am

                                                  Just Shoot It..... ;D........it looks fine.....really

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: Pat B on March 23, 2010, 12:53:23 am

just shoot it!  ;)

Title: Re: tiller help
Post by: Del the cat on March 23, 2010, 06:00:52 am

Looks to me as if you should move your left hand up about a finger or three, and take a tad of the last third of the top limb.
E.G I agree with the earlier post tha said top limb looks long and stiff.
Del