Tiller advice...looking o.k.?

[Badger]

 Looks good, your mass weight is right on the money

[Del the cat]

Thanks Del, and rest in peaces "Il Bastado"    .
Maybe if I call mine "El Verynicebow"it may be more forgiving. 
It is something I wanted to try out, and would keep bugging me till I did give it a go. If it does go T's-up I can put it down to experience. I got some more wood to play with. I must admit I'm a little worried about the back now, it seems harder. I'll string it near the weekend after a couple more coats and gently draw it and see what's occurring. Good or bad, I will post how it goes.
(physical weight now 31.6 oz /897g)
 R.D.

When I heat treat I take precautions to keep the heat off the back, layers of masking tape, or side cheeks clamped to the bow.
Del

[Ruddy Darter]

Thank you Badger, that's nice to know, and thanks Del for those tips, I used a slit attachment on the heat gun for directing the heat, but if I do this on yew again I'll incorporate those pointers too ,

 R.D.

[Ruddy Darter]

Tried the bow today, not a great increase in draw weight, its hitting 100lbs@25" and didn't fancy measuring passed that on the tiller as its a bit frosty today and didn't want to chance cracking it over my head. I'll measure after some loosed arrows. (estimates at 31"?).
Holding up ok thus far.
A vid drawing it to 28-30" https://youtu.be/eI_WeqxFdkY.
And a couple of pics,


 R.D.

[Pat B]

RD, your upper limb looks stronger than the lower.

[Deerhunter21]

upper fade seems a good bit stiff.

[Ruddy Darter]

O.k., thanks guys,
 But I think I've had enough on this bow for a while, I'm just going to see how the bow shoots and have some fun with it, if any issues I'll work on it some more at a later date. I've got another couple of ash and yew staves I'm eager to work on and have learnt some from this one to put in practice.

Seasons Greetings to all,

 R.D.

[Del the cat]

RD, your upper limb looks stronger than the lower.

+1 .A good reason to try the bow up the other way, and a good reason to leave finishing the nock until the last minute.
Del

[Ruddy Darter]

Thanks Del,
 
Could try that out if it shoots too lousy, and nocks not a problem, it's only for me so I can always have a double stringer groove or put another horn on, I got a few bits and quite enjoy making those. A fun bow for a few winter arrows is the only  requirement really, I'll put more effort into my next bow attempt. If I can get away with it and it shoots good enough that's good enough for me at the minute. Probably not the best attitude to have  for bowbuilding, but all I can muster at present. 
(I also think when I draw 30" + it may pull more even, it has a natural deflex step in the outer lower limb and a reflex in the upper outer limb.)
 R.D.

[sieddy]

Looks awesome man. Happy shooting! 😊

[Ruddy Darter]

Thank you sieddy  ,

 R.D.

[bownarra]

The problem with swapping end for end is that you are asking the limbs to do something else than what you did all the way through tillering. If a bit of a limb is stiff then remove wood
Deer - its a longbow - no fades. Does this full draw shape reflect original unbraced shape?

[Deerhunter21]

well i ment right out of the handle section, or the 12" area on top of his hand

[Badger]

  I agree there is a major stiff spot, I would fix that.

[Ruddy Darter]

O.k., I gave the top limb some scraps where I thought it looked a little too fat, that's all I'm going to do until I draw up a 31" arrow. Any problems I'll adjust for as I go on.
Many thanks, I think those few scraps should help.
 
 R.D.