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Title: tiller check
Post by: knap_123 on January 05, 2011, 10:11:12 am

 i've not built a bow in awhile cause i kept  screiwng up and decided i needed a break.  but i felt a calling so hows this look guys? braced at 5"(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/downsized_01041115481-1.jpg) and 50lbs @ 27"(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/downsized_01041115491.jpg)

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: adb on January 05, 2011, 10:15:37 am

Tough to see full tiller with the complicated background.

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: RidgeRunner on January 05, 2011, 10:18:32 am

Tiller looks good.
Looks like the curve on the end of the right limb is bending more than the one on the left limb.
May just be the way the photo looks.

David

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: knap_123 on January 05, 2011, 10:24:07 am

it might be david,  shouald i remove a little off the other or just leave it alone?

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: knap_123 on January 05, 2011, 10:27:00 am

heres a different angle(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/downsized_0104111552a1.jpg)

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: knap_123 on January 05, 2011, 02:23:31 pm

ok. i did some work but 1 tip seems to pull more than the other. i'm geeting frustrated and its down to 42lbs.  shouald i heat in some weight and call it quits or keep playing with it?

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: Del the cat on January 05, 2011, 02:26:50 pm

That looks pretty good, I agree the left limb looks a tad stiffer, but not too bad and if that's the lower limb then that's ok.
I'd probably quit f'now. Shoot it a bit and maybe heat treat it later if you want to tweak it once it's shot in.
Del

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: bubby on January 05, 2011, 02:30:54 pm

if it's shooting good, heat it and shoot it, if ya keep trying to make her perfect ya might end up with a kids bow, call it good and shoot it while ya build another

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: knap_123 on January 05, 2011, 04:30:03 pm

thanks, i had to have another go, but this is it(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/downsized_01051111201.jpg)!

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 05, 2011, 05:18:25 pm

That's an excellent tiller. Enjoy. Jawge

Title: Re: tiller check
Post by: bubby on January 05, 2011, 06:42:27 pm

looks good, now go stick something with it