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Offline recurve shooter

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tiller help
« 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.


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Offline riarcher

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #1 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.
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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #2 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
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #3 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
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2010, 11:12:14 pm »
I think it looks great too. Jawge
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Offline profsaffel

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #5 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.
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #6 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.
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2010, 12:49:45 am »
                                                  Just Shoot It..... ;D........it looks fine.....really
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Offline Pat B

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2010, 12:53:23 am »
just shoot it!  ;)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: tiller help
« Reply #9 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.
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