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Offline Bowyer23

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2020, 07:14:06 am »
Thanks mate, you're backed up by the other comment and its very obvious to me now pointed out haha. Starting to look a bit better I think.

Offline Tommy D

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2020, 12:38:53 pm »
Yes to me that’s definitely headed in the right direction. I went back and re-tillered a couple of bows I built earlier to get more bend further out and you can definitely feel that they are nicer to shoot now.

Offline Bowyer23

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2020, 02:06:24 pm »
Thanks Tommy, the help is much appreciated.

So the saga continues.. added a ton more reflex to the point its almost a recurved (as shown in photo at brace), and doing that plus removing some wood from the tips seems to have it bending better. :)
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Offline Bowyer23

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2020, 05:13:50 pm »
Or have I just masked the problem with a band aid fix type thing? :-\

Offline Bowyer23

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2020, 05:39:40 pm »
Thoughts?

Offline Tommy D

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2020, 05:25:33 am »
Keep going!  Looks better to me. As far as I understand it you want your wood in your working limbs all doing about equal work - in other words the recurved bits may not look like they are coming round as much now - especially having given them more reflex - but they must still be moving as much as the other wood. I think that’s quite hard to see in a photo. That’s why the “pros” on here ask for a video if you really want an honest critique on your tillering! That’s one thing I haven’t figured out how to do with the “tillering gizmo” - I can’t see a way you could use it on a working recurve - but I am probably wrong! Squinting, coffee breaks, turning the bow round on the tree, and also drawing it will tell you a lot. I am told one can compensate for a lack of experience by taking lots more time when it comes to tillering!
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Offline Bowyer23

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Re: Tillers help
« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2020, 04:38:12 am »
Cheers mate thanks heaps for the advice :) Still not sure how its looking (fairly inexperienced) so any other thoughts would be great :)