My board bow (build along?)

[turtle]

When tillering it is always a good idea to only work on the stiffest limb until it bends as much as the weaker limb. The bend in the weak limb usually looks different once the strong limb catches up.

[bjrogg]

I should maybe just let Bubby give you the tillering advice but here's mine for what it's worth. I like the bend on the right limb and it looks weaker than the left to me. Your pretty close. I'd try to get that left bending the same as the right is. Bubby has way more experience than I do though understand if you'd like to wait for his opinion. Be careful out of the fades. Most wait for the last couple inches of draw length to get them bending right and it can be really easy to take to much and very bad spot to do it.
Bjrogg

[bubby]

Bj that is pretty much what i said your eye is just fine, it is hard to see proper tiller just from the braced pic and once he gets the limbs matched up we need a pic of it drawn to your projected draw weight

[Marin]

Thanks.
So once I get it bending evenly at this level, I should pull it to 45 lbs and check the tiller at this point?

[bubby]

Exercise it when you remove wood and check the tiller at 15-18-20", i think you said you were under 30#@14" so say it is at 30#@14"you should be close to 45#@21" so you are safe drawing that far and not going over weight as long as the tiller is good

[Knoll]

.. . . . . as long as the tiller is good

quoting just for emphasis. Good luck!

[Marin]

I was just thinking about this last night and wanted verification: when you're referring to the left limb being to stiff, are you talking about the left limb in the tiller stick or the braced photo? I had flipped the bow around so  that the side with the timber hitch (the limb that I thought was stiffer) was on the other side. This might be why I am a little confused why the left limb appears stiff. I placed the timber hitch on the limb that was stiffer.

[bjrogg]

Marin I believe the one I was looking at was the braced picture. Can't really tiller a bow just from a braced picture but that was what I was seeing and I believe it was a board bow so it should have pretty even bend. Can't really speak for Bubby.
Bjrogg

[Marin]

I should probably clarify: I was confused why everyone was saying the left limb was stiffer when I thought the right limb appeared stiffer when I pulled it on the tiller stick. I was wondering guys were referring to the left limb of the braces photo or of the photo of the bow pulled?

[DC]

Always put the lower limb(or at least the same limb) on the left when posting photos. You avoid a lot of confusion that way.

[bjrogg]

Marin I think your eye is telling you what you need to do. your not that far off so far. You knew which limb needed to be reduced. Keep posting those pictures but you are going the right direction. After you build a bow or two I think you'll be able to trust your eyes. Cant wait to see you shoot that one
bjrogg

[Marin]

DC, what do you mean by lower limb?

[bjrogg]

Marin , DC is saying lower limb because usually we put a slightly stiffer limb down as the bottom or lower limb. Because of how bow is held lower limb gets slightly more stress and will bend a little more.
Bjrogg

[bubby]

I was also referencing the braced photo

[Marin]

Ah, that explains my confusion.
Sorry. I won't flip around the bow for photos.