Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Shondy55 on November 01, 2011, 10:25:25 pm
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Would it be a good idea to leave my red oak bow on the tiller tree in order to stretch the wood a bit more and form some memory on the bow? sorry if this is a dumb question im new to making bows :D
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defiantly not, you want it to be as straight as it can be, leaving it on there would create set( keeping a bend when unstrung) and lower the performance of the bow, don't worry, you'll learn the basics in no time
noel
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No. I think that would be a bad idea. That would stress the limbs and cause excess set.
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You don't want your bow to have any memory of ever being bent. A fresh bow is the best so keep it fresh as long as you can.
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EVERYONES RIGHT NEVER DO ANYTHING TO OVER STRESS YOU LIMBS. When tillering never tiller past your entended draw weight. Build a pully system so when tillering you dont have limbs stay bent no longer than they have to. Doing this causes set and string follow.
You don't want you bow to have anymore memory than your entended draw weight.
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Shondy, it's not a dumb question. When I was just getting started I had read somewhere the suggestion to leave the bow strung for 8 hours, or a day (don't remember which, it was over 10 years ago) before final tillering.
Needless to say, I don't do that anymore... which is probably at least part of the reason my bows take much less set now ;)