Here is the splinter with the file pointing to where it ends, and then showing from the side where I lifted it up to fill in with glue.
Again here the little round file points to the splinter. This is a side view
Here is the tiller as she sits right now,
I have no idea what to do with this from here. I have several options. First one that is just screaming at me is to leave it be. But I just barely have an inch of set, string angle isnt at 90 degrees yet, and I am not at 40 # yet.
So pike another inch off, try to eek a bit more stiffness out with another heat treat, or flip the tips a bit for more limb strain, or glue on some high rising tip overlays to try and cheat a higher string angle. Opinions?