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Offline snedeker

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tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« on: November 14, 2024, 05:01:46 pm »
I'm in year 22 of bowyering but am a little rusty on r/d's.  Osage backed osage.  Two spliced short pieces taken out of rough split timber piece with circular saw.  Light density sage.  63" ntn, 1&3/8"wide.  Tips about even with back at grip unbraced.  Pulling a little over 50# here at 24".     More work on outer limbs?

Offline pierce_schmeichel

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Re: tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2024, 06:57:22 pm »
Hmm from the angle in that picture it looks like your lower limb is bending a good amount more than the top limb. I would personally either flip the bow to make that top limb the bottom limb or I would remove material from the top limb. And yeah I would also remove a bit from the outer limbs as well.

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Re: tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2024, 07:33:36 pm »
Yup.  I’d get those outers bending more. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2024, 12:09:51 am »
Hey Dave. It's been a while. Great to see you back at it.  :OK
 I'd think your combo should make a nice shooting bow.
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Re: tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2024, 11:59:43 am »
Thanks and hi Pat.   I think the apparent extra lower limb bend is seen because of the tilt in the pic.  Looks good on tiller stand.  I'll fiddle with it and report back.

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Re: tiller check - ash backed sage r/d
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2024, 08:57:06 am »
Looking good, maybe a little more in the outer 1/3 but you have to remember on an R/D it will look kind of flat from mid limb out, it won't have that prefect arc , if it dose you got the outer bending to much.  :) you are getting close to my eyes.  :)
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