Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jamesches on January 07, 2013, 12:08:58 am
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So I'm not realty sure on the tiller of this bow(seeing as its only my 3rd) the top limb is an inch longer than the bottom ..I'm not really sure what I'm asking but any tips are greatly appreciated.[img]
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Your right limb looks very much hingey out of the fade....left looks alright. Try to get it bending more in the outer limbs
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most of the bend is in the fades, can we see a shot of the back?
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Don't pull it very hard until you get even bend throughout the limbs. Try to get the bend more circular and stay away from the handle area. How long is the bow?
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Your right limb looks very much hingey out of the fade....left looks alright. Try to get it bending more in the outer limbs
That's what I see as well. Looks like it'll make a bow.
Tracy
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Don't pull it very hard until you get even bend throughout the limbs. Try to get the bend more circular and stay away from the handle area. How long is the bow?
its 47 inches
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Alright I think I fixed it
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looks ok to me, the right limb is a little stiff and needs a little taken off mid limb is the right your bottom limb
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I haven't quite decided which limb is top or bottom but the limb on the right is an inch longer than the left
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huh looks to me like the one on the left is longer. The right limb should bend just a bit more, its looking great though, that'll be a nice bow.
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You may want to get it bending thru the handle at that length.
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You may want to get it bending thru the handle at that length.
yeah i agree.....i just dont see the plight for a stiff handle bow. Maybe never will. Its just wood that isnt available for energy storage.
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im wary of bending it through the handle just because ive never done it :embarassed: ......ans it seems like it would feel odd to hold
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don't be afraid of it, it feels fine hardly notice it with out trying to
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I'm wary of bending it through the handle just because Ive never done it :embarrassed: ......ans it seems like it would feel odd to hold
you can glue on some leather or rawhide and shape it to round it out some, personally after you shoot one you'll probably gonna really like a bendy, Bub
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Alright here's the tiller with it bending through the handle
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Looks pretty good. Is it strung? Looks like the long string. Jawge
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Left outer limb still looks stiff, just get that bending and you're set.
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Well somewhere between tillering and putting on the leather backing.... the bottom limb decided to start being really bendy .....so this one will go on the wall
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Ouch, yeah, hang that one up. And why the leather? That will really slow a bow down.
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I like the way it looks
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Fair enough.