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Offline recurve shooter

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any better?
« on: May 11, 2010, 10:37:33 pm »
worked on the tiller a little. still not right, but i wanted to see what everyone said. here's a quick pic i took of it.

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Offline aero86

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Re: any better?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 10:44:33 pm »
looks like left limb needs to bend a bit more mid limb.  then its perfect
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Offline islandpiper

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Re: any better?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 11:12:37 pm »
You sure make your Grandpa work hard when YOU make a bow.   ;D ;D  piper
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Offline tombo

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Re: any better?
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2010, 11:15:21 pm »
What aero86 said.... plus the mid section is still too stiff, I think. Tom
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Offline Pat B

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Re: any better?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2010, 11:36:18 pm »
Are you still on a long string? If so, at that draw your reading will be false. Put it on a short string at about 4" brace height then pull it.
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: any better?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2010, 12:47:10 am »
From the picture, it looks like your grandfather's hands are about 6 inch appart pulling down the string.  The striing needs to be pulled from one center point like you would do while shooting the bow.  I believe most folks use like hook in the center of the string to get the tiller close then use a mirror and/or a camera to tweak the tiller with them actually drawing the bow back as they would do when shooting the bow.
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Re: any better?
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2010, 12:47:38 am »
yeah i got it up to brace hight. im gunna scrape at it more tomorrow.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: any better?
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2010, 07:46:29 am »
What Pat said,looks a little stiff right out of the fads, especially the left and the outer 1/3 of the limbs.
See what it looks like on the short string,things sometimes change,also like others have said,pull from the center. Looking good so far.
 Pappy
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: any better?
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2010, 08:32:38 am »
Rule # 1 is NEVER pull a bow  further than it takes to  expose a problem. Back off on yanking that thing back so far. LOL. 10-14 in should do it. First place to work is at the fades. Get a pencil and mark a big dark line where you want the bending to start and cautiously work  that area. I like the bend to start at the end of the fades. Take 10  scrapes and check the tiller. You can leave  the bow strung for working the fades. On the right limb looks like you have a hinge mid limb. Get more near handle wood  moving and then we can talk about the hinge. Jawge
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Offline Postman

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Re: any better?
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2010, 01:32:13 pm »
Listen to Jawge  ;D or you'll get lotsa set. Don't ask me how I know that...
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Re: any better?
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2010, 05:16:22 pm »
Quote from: Postman on May 12, 2010, 01:32:13 pm
Listen to Jawge  ;D or you'll get lotsa set. Don't ask me how I know that...

lol. oh i have a good idea. the redoak bow with bout five inches of set in sitting in my shop should give u a clue as to how i know. lol

i just couldnt figure out exactly what i did wrong.
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