Nearly there...but ....

[Del the cat]

You know how you are trying to tiller back to 28", you get to 26" and you know it's just a scrape or two and a bit of sanding/finishing and you're home?
My latest Yew ELB just doesn't want to come back those last few inches!
I've got the darned thing back to about 25.5" and I'm tinkering with it but it just doesn't seem to come back any further! I've been tweaking tiller, making a few tiny adjustments near the tips to get the string line good, fully expecting it to have found the next inch or two.
Nope she just sits there grinning at me!
At one point I decided the upper limb could work a bit more near the grip, I must've take acouple of mm off with rasp.
"That'll get it moving" I thought....nope... still short of 26"  .
Now I know I'll break wind near it and all of a sudden it will be at 28" so I just though I should step away from the bow, make a cup of tea and talk to some guys who would understand.
Thanks for listening, I shall give myself a good talking to and get back to it.
Del

[Pappy]

Now that's some good thinking.
   Pappy

[blackhawk]

Ok...let's talk del....soooo...im sure you've exercised it enough after each removal?....how about takin an arrow or two and marking them at 25" and shoot a couple dozen arrows at that draw?....and then let it sit braced for a couple hours?.....then see where your at? That's if you like the tiller where its at at 26".

[coaster500]

 

[Del the cat]

Ok...let's talk del....soooo...im sure you've exercised it enough after each removal?....how about takin an arrow or two and marking them at 25" and shoot a couple dozen arrows at that draw?....and then let it sit braced for a couple hours?.....then see where your at? That's if you like the tiller where its at at 26".

Good call, I've plunked a couple of heavy arrows out of it.
Yeah, a bit more exercising and fiddling and fettling will get it there.
Its a tricky sucker with a few swoops in and big knot through the lower limb... I'm just a bit twitchy anout screwing it up through rushing it.
Del

[blackhawk]

And sometimes its right to do what you did also when your pounding your head against a wall only being a couple inches away....you stopped,wiped the blood of your face n wall,and walked away.  

[PEARL DRUMS]

I like the idea of leaving it braced for a few hours.

[adb]

The greatest virtue in this game is patience!

[adb]

The greatest virtue in this game is patience!

Sometimes I'll 'sweat' a bow by leaving it braced overnight.

[Del the cat]

I flexed and scraped got it back to 26.5" at 55#
Then this...


I recon the tiller was pretty good as it hasn't gone at one point, the whole thing has just gone Kabooom
It may have started at the knot...

[PEARL DRUMS]

Hey Del my absolute favorite tool at this point is my trusty sanding block with 80 grit on it. I can get the bow ready for final sanding and reduce draw weight at the same time. I have learned to do it this way otherwise I lose more draw weight when I do finally sand it.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Wait......nevermind. Good Lord that was quite break there. Never seen anything like it, of course I have never worked Yew.

[Del the cat]

Hey Del my absolute favorite tool at this point is my trusty sanding block with 80 grit on it. I can get the bow ready for final sanding and reduce draw weight at the same time. I have learned to do it this way otherwise I lose more draw weight when I do finally sand it.

Hmmm tad late for the sanding block
yeah I'm pleased that it wasdn't a clean break on one of the features. I'll post a couple more pics later.
Del

[PEARL DRUMS]

Thats a break I cant blame on the bowyer!

[blackhawk]

Ouch...guess it didn't matter what you did,cus it didn't want to b a bow.