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Offline Gus

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First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« on: July 28, 2011, 04:28:55 pm »
Hello Everyone,

This is my first bow build, started back in January working it up in fits and starts.
Got this Osage stave last October before I found this site, and it scared the heck out of me.
It was narrow and snakey and had about 45 degrees of prop twist along with a few knots.
After quite a bit of book reading, video watching and studying the stave, as well as watching and reading the write ups of the masters on this site
the stave is finally on the tillering stick.

My intention is to get it to brace height of 6 inches before taking it to the tilling machine.
Right now its braced at 5 inches, measured from the back.

Here are the spec's:
68" knk, 1 3/8 at the fades, 1 1/8 inches at mid limb tapering to 3/4 inch at the knocks.
Haven't put it on the scale yet, my target is 50# at 27 inches, but in truth will be happy with a shooter instead of firewood.   :)
Been exercising the heck out of it after each bit of wood scraping and sanding.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thank You,

-gus
PS. had to put the last shot in there, the little one was being too cute.
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2011, 04:49:01 pm »
I'm having a difficult time getting a good luck at the limbs. Overall they look pretty good but they do appear to be a little stiff mid limb. You might be able to help the mid to outer limbs bend a but by narrowing them a little more. Shoot for 1/2" wide at the tips instead of 3/4".
I'd say it's looking very promising!

p.s. Love your tillering stick and your little one sure is cute!
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2011, 04:54:59 pm »
Thank You Sir,

May have to sneak a bed sheet out of the house for a back drop.   >:D
At first I thought the bricks might help the view but not so sure now...

-gus
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2011, 04:56:00 pm »
I agree with Matt. It looks nice. You will want a width taper on that bugger. That will make the mid and outers bend more though.
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 05:16:37 pm »
To me the lower limb looks good.  I'd just get the upper limb bending a bit more from mid to outer limb.

It's looking good though!
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2011, 05:25:38 pm »
The lower limb looks good but the upper limb is stiff right off the fades and almost has a hinge at the second brick joint from the fade.
  Once you've braced the bow it doesn't matter if it is at 5" or 6" as far as the tiller tree goes. I usually start at a low(3")  brace for the first brace and immediately go on the tree. That's where you will get the true reading from the bow. Once the tips move past 8" to 10" I go to full brace height.
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2011, 06:17:00 pm »
Thank You Guys.

Okay,

Did some scraping and narrowed and tapered the tips to just over a 1/2 inch.
I know its right to do this but it still give me the E-Bee G-Bees narrowing it down.  :)

Put a bit more bend in the bow as well.

-gus

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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2011, 06:20:03 pm »
Sorry,

Here is the Up is Left shot...

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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2011, 09:05:57 am »
Left lime needs a little at the fads and outer 1/3 stay off 5 or 6 inchec out of the fads.Right  limb a little out of the fads and a little overall looks a little stiffer. Looking pretty darn good so far. :)
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2011, 09:09:36 am »
By the way,love your tiller stick,and walking sticks in your shop. :) :)
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2011, 09:11:28 am »
Also ,looks ready for a low brace,that is what I would do and go to the tiller
board. :) It will look a little different when you get it braced. :)
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2011, 09:31:11 am »
Those tips don't give me the E bee Gee bees. They make me say there too fat still. Narrow those last six inches even more and make sure its under a half inch. You can go all the way down to 1/4" with no problems with tie on nocks. Trust me. Im working on/shooting in a black walnut(s.g. .55) with tips a 1/4" wide for two inches and a half inch wide six inches from the ends with eifel tower tips. If light walnut can take that then so can Osage.  ;)
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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2011, 10:07:37 am »
You can for sure narrow the tips but I never do that till I am finished Tillering,really no need to until then,and it leaves you the option to adjust the dept of the nock to line things up a little closer if you need to.  :)
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2011, 10:51:36 am »
Make a tillering gizmo, helps a lot when your eyes fail you.
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Re: First Bow Stave on the Tillering Stick
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2011, 01:43:18 pm »
Thank You All for the guidance.

Wound up narrowing the tips a bit as the second set of photos show.
Got a bit over zealous on the strong limb and wound up with a 32 pounder at 28 inches.
Not really that dissappointed, heck it could have been firewood.

Thinking of shortening her up by two inches and finishing it out.
After all this is my first ride on the learning curve... :)

Thank You Pappy, carving is my long time passion.
This bow building thing is still quite new to me.

I hear ya blackhawk, wasn't questioning your guidance, just demonstrating my newness.   ;D

Will get some new pic's up when I have some progress to report.

-gus

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