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Offline Rain Man

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2011, 07:44:44 pm »
buddy, is that you in the pic??   That's awesome!

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2011, 07:58:01 pm »
Yup, that's me

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2011, 08:14:43 pm »
Great bow for a young bowyer! Do you need a tillering Gizmo? Sure makes getting the limbs bending evenly easier. Will send you one if you think you can use it.

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2011, 09:03:04 pm »
What's a tillering gizmo?

Offline gstoneberg

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2011, 10:03:12 pm »
Here's the gizmo thread... http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,19540.msg

Looks like you're getting to full draw now.   You're losing a little bend near the handle because your taper from the handle to the limb is more gentle than it needs to be.  It isn't a big deal since you're at full draw.   I agree, even the 2 limbs up a little more and call it good.  That full draw profile is nice,  I've made a couple just like that because I thought they looked cool and still do.  On your next flatbow you can try a little more even tiller.   It'll lower the stress on the wood and help avoid string follow.

Very nice bow.  I just love the look of yew.

George
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youngbowyer

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2011, 10:20:07 pm »
I'll scrape some more on that upper limb tomorrow. Tillering a flatbow sure takes longer than a warbow.

Offline Del the cat

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2011, 03:39:50 pm »
Yeah, that's lookin' smoother.
Good work.
Del
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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2011, 12:37:57 am »
Forgot to mention this, final drawweight came out to be 50#@26". She shoots very fast!

Offline juniper junkie

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2011, 01:27:05 am »
great job, you will be giving Keenan a run for his money in no time.

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2011, 01:32:11 am »
once you get the tiller right looks like it will be a great bow, amazing, i thought i was the youngest on here, it great to see other young people on here
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

Offline Pappy

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2011, 09:41:40 am »
Looks like you got a shooter there,nice work ,keep um coming. :)
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Offline DEllis

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Re: knotty yew flatbow(improved tiller)
« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2011, 04:37:37 pm »
Well done youngbowyer.........you'll nail the tiller on the next one for sure. Thanks for posting :)
Darcy
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