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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Zugul on December 16, 2025, 01:41:13 pm »
I'd say 4 or 5, even tho all my experience comes from reading this forum, watching bowyers on youtube and 10-ish broken bows  )-w(  (lol)
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Badger on December 16, 2025, 01:18:17 pm »
 I would say #5. But I would stop the taper about 10" before the tip
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Tuomo on December 16, 2025, 12:53:04 pm »
Quote from: Selfbowman on December 16, 2025, 12:25:19 pm
Has anyone other than me took the force draw and labeled the numbers marked on your bend profile chart or plan. Then tiller to force draw at each bend profile. This can double check  your wood properties possibly. It would be after the fact but possibly teach you something. When I did that it was pretty amassing to me how accurate the design was. Doing that in a selfbow is a real challenge. Because of the unknown crown. But tillering to force draw and bend profile is the answer to the unknown in my opinion. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I am not sure if I understand you correctly. Could you please give an example? I am not sure how the draw-force curve can be involved, because the bow is overweighted during the tillering process?
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Selfbowman on December 16, 2025, 12:25:19 pm »
Has anyone other than me took the force draw and labeled the numbers marked on your bend profile chart or plan. Then tiller to force draw at each bend profile. This can double check  your wood properties possibly. It would be after the fact but possibly teach you something. When I did that it was pretty amassing to me how accurate the design was. Doing that in a selfbow is a real challenge. Because of the unknown crown. But tillering to force draw and bend profile is the answer to the unknown in my opinion. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Lehtis on December 16, 2025, 11:07:53 am »
3 and 4 look the best for me too.
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by bjrogg on December 16, 2025, 10:40:04 am »
I’m with pappy. I prefer 3 but if I need a little more draw I usually end up with 4.

Bjrogg
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 16, 2025, 09:04:53 am »
Thanks guys, shoulder is a little sore this morning but he said it would be for a couple of days then all should be good. :) Ya Pat, it dose look a little different but as you said at least they ant on the buildings. :) Thanks BJ, love working on them skulls.
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Pappy on December 16, 2025, 08:56:53 am »
3 or 4 for me, probable prefer 3. Both are how I try to tiller mine. :) don't always come out that way because of the character of the wood I most of the time am using but that is what I am going for.  :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Del the cat on December 16, 2025, 07:50:22 am »
A thousand Quatloos on number 4!
Del
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Bows / Re: Straight bow, optimal tiller profile (VirtualBow)?
« Last post by Tuomo on December 16, 2025, 04:17:11 am »
Great thoughts! You clearly know what you’re talking about. I’m using this program—it’s free and still being actively developed (current version 0.9.1, version 0.10 is coming soon and maybe the final version 1.0 is coming next year).

https://www.virtualbow.org/
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