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Offline Mad Max

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R/D bow (Tiller) How to?
« on: July 24, 2013, 09:36:24 pm »
Is there a post on how to tiller a Reflex Deflex Bow?
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Offline adb

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Re: R/D bow (Tiller) How to?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2013, 10:33:17 pm »
Did you do a search?

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: R/D bow (Tiller) How to?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2013, 11:07:55 pm »
I guess I really don't know myself, but I like to tiller them to have a bit of reflex at the tips at fulldraw. I just like em that way, a bit better string angle at fulldraw might make for a bit smoother draw, I don't know. I mostly just like the looks of em that way, haha. I tiller them that way by laying off the outer tips when scrapping for the most part. I know I see a lot of people just tiller them out to look like a normal flatbow at fulldraw. And then a lot of people tiller them out to have stiff outer limbs, like a holmegard. Which I guess would allow some string angle advantage as well. I am also curious about this, at it seems quite varied.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Mad Max

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Re: R/D bow (Tiller) How to?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2013, 12:22:35 am »
Thanks guys
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