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Offline Radon

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Help please - Tiller Question
« on: March 28, 2008, 09:02:15 am »
Hi all,

I'm currently working on my first osage bow.
Plan is 66" ntn, slight recurves, 50# @ 28".
At the moment it draws 50# @ 24" so there is a little room for possible improvements to the tiller.

Here the pics:

unstrung



at brace hight upper limb to the left




upper limb to the right



drawn to 22" upper limb to the left



22" upper limb to the right



How does that look to you?
Which changes would you suggest?

Thanks to you all.
Radon
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Offline GregB

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 09:21:55 am »
Looks to me like it might be a little stiff just out of the fades of the upper limb. Otherwise looks good... :)
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 09:33:56 am »
What Greg says
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Dustybaer

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 09:38:54 am »
maybe i'm seeing things, but is there a stiff spot mid lower limb (third tile)  pushing the bend closer to the handle (second tile)?   but it's very mild, so i'm not even sure it's there.

PS:  here's what i mean.

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 11:30:23 am »
That's nice, Dustybear. Makes it really easy to see where wood needs to be removed. Stiff of the fades on both limbs but right limb needs to bend more. Jawge
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2008, 11:51:12 am »
Think your on to something there Marius! that makes it stand out, hmm...
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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2008, 01:05:04 pm »
sorry folks, i think it's yankeemongiat's invention.  i'm just a copycat  ;D  but it helped show what i believed to see.

Offline Radon

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Re: Help please - Tiller Question
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 03:43:49 pm »
Hej all,

thanks for your input!
Now I know what to do  ;D

@ Dustybear: Danke, Dir!

Gruss
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