tiller check my eyes are missing tonight

[jturkey]

this is a red oak board bow i'm working on and finally got it pulled to 13" at 55lbs can;t tell if the limbs are bending the same to dusty in the shop to tell. help if i need to do anything to either limb the right limb is top limb in the pictures.as of now anyways can be changed if neccesary.

[jturkey]

for got the pictures. first one is unbraced 2nd is 4 inch brace and 3rd is pulled to 13 inches.

[mspink]

Right limb looks a tad stiffer to me, needs to bend more in mid limb. Left limb looks to bend more right out of the handle, needs a bit more bend mid limb. Then match up the right and it should be good. Still early stages of tilller though, some like to start at the handle and work toward mid limb. Whenever I choose the top limb for a bow it is usually the limb that is a tad weaker if anything. Just my personal preference.

[Del the cat]

Bend all seens to be in the inner 1/2 of each limb to me.
Left looks to be working a bit hard just out of the fade.
Del

[soy]

I agree mid out looks just ever so slightly stiff

[dwardo]

I would scrape from mid limb out say few more on the right till it evens out then check again, leave the fades / 1st 1/3 as they are for now

[PEARL DRUMS]

I would take that short string off and remove allot more wood. 55# @ 13" with a tiller not ready to work is a recipe for mucho' set.

[jturkey]

ok i was wrong on the weight at 13 inch it was 35# not 55# i do have a bad case of transposing numbers wrong (my brother pointed it out to me this morning) sry about that. i agree this morning it does appear to have a weak limb on the left and that might become the top limb if i can't even it out to get to my 55# draw weight. so i'm removing wood from the outer limbs this morning will get pictures up as soon as i get done. 

[jturkey]

ok here it is at 37#@17" what do you think about it now?i think they are seemingly moving the same amount.

[jturkey]

i keep forgetting to put in the pictures

[mspink]

Now thats lookin good

[Pappy]

Thats looking really good so far.
   Pappy

[Dean Marlow]

This is the perfect time to get the Gizzmo out on that straight limbed bow. It is looking real good. Dean

[jturkey]

i do not have a Gizzmo but might have to get one one day. until then i have to use my eys and everyone elses i can borrow for a minute or 2.lmao thanks for the information now if it makes it the next 10 inches i'll be pleasently happy. but i am taking it slow and hoping for the best. starting to really like this red oak. some people around me said it wouldn't make a decent bow i've proved them wrong 5 times now from a 35#@20 in bow for my son to 4 50#@27 in mostly 72 in t2t sons bow is 55" and i am really liking this wood.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Grab anything flat and 6-8" long. Just run it up and down your limbs on the inside and watch the gap it creates get bigger and smaller, you need good light. Where the gap is smallest you remove wood until that gap is even in the working part of your limb. I use my scraper, a piece of 1 x 2, a chunk of hard rubber from work or anything else I can find close by.