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Offline stuckinthemud

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tiller help please
« on: May 06, 2023, 04:15:58 am »
Morning!

I am in danger of perfecting this into the bin but the limbs are not quite balanced and I cannot see why. I could really do with a fresh pair of eyes on this.  Thanks in advance.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2023, 05:11:10 am »
Looks a bit stiff just above centre...
E.G. In the top pic, the lower limb looks ok, top limb stiff just above where it is supported, (above the fade).
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2023, 11:35:14 am »
Done a little scraping here and therr.  How's it look?


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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2023, 03:05:55 pm »
Looks pretty even, lower limb might bend more even, upper more at the fade. Lower limb might look a little stiffer but it can all be due to the angle of the photo. is it taking any set?
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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2023, 03:45:52 pm »
It took a small amount of set early on in the process but has not taken on any additional set recently. even after getting past brace. Here's the really wierd thing, I could just squeeze my middle finger through the gap between the centre and the bench, but they both rubbed the skin, then I tempered the bow - only a light tempering, and the bow was not strapped down - and then re-measured the set and it has almost all disapeared.  Long and short, one limb has no set, the other has a natural deflax-reflex curve which has taken on about 1/4" of additional set

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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2023, 06:53:36 am »
Been working on it a little bit, now got it to full draw, its showing a bit under 1cm of set in the outer 1/3 of both limbs.  I think I may have gone one scrape too far on the top limb?  I kinda want to scrape at the centre of the bottom limb just once or twice, but, I may be bettter putting a few shots through it and then see where I am.  Really could do with some input on this please


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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2023, 12:17:07 pm »
Looks a bit stiff just to the left of center to me. Otherwise she looks good. 
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Re: tiller help please
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2023, 02:41:39 pm »
Looks a bit stiff just to the left of center to me. Otherwise she looks good.

That’s what I see too. 
Sticks and stones and other poky stabby things.

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