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Offline Ink

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Tiller help please
« on: September 09, 2013, 07:02:42 pm »
Got an issue on a bow here. The right limb is staying stiff at a couple of pins. However I need it to look like the left limb. The problem is that everytime we try to take off wood on the stiff area that limb starts to bend way more than the other. Got about 4 more inches to go on the tillering tree, and plenty of draw weight to play with. Any good suggestions on how to go about getting these two limbs bending better?
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: Tiller help please
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2013, 07:07:52 pm »
just dont scrape as much, take 10 scrapes then check it, scrape 10 more, then check it.

Offline wood_bandit99

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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2013, 07:16:13 pm »
Take some rough sand paper on a sanding block and do 10 strokes(down and back) across the limb. Do that until done.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2013, 07:18:10 pm »
Make the right match the left and nevermind the pins, they will bend.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2013, 07:47:58 pm »
Make the right match the left and nevermind the pins, they will bend.

+2 on that one.
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Offline Ink

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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2013, 09:15:26 pm »
Sounds like a plan, off to the tillering tree
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Offline steve b.

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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2013, 09:16:51 pm »
Take it off the tree, put and arrow on the string 1/2" above center, pull the bow 20" or so and look at tiller in the mirror or take pics, then judge it.

Offline BowEd

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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2013, 09:26:50 pm »
To me your inner two thirds of the right limb needs some reduction.Your in the ball park but you ai'nt sat down yet.Minor bit of adjustmentyou got there.Go slow at this time like what was said.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Tiller help please
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2013, 10:11:29 pm »
Is the right limb longer?
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Offline adb

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« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2013, 10:26:26 pm »
Make the right match the left and nevermind the pins, they will bend.

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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Tiller help please
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2013, 10:50:21 pm »
I would stay completely off the right fade.  It looks to be bending there more than the left.  Start taking wood off that limb 8 inches or so past the fade.  I think that's why it's bending more without shaping up like the left.
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Offline Ink

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Re: Tiller help please
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2013, 11:05:12 pm »
The limbs are identical lengths
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Offline Ink

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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2013, 11:10:48 pm »
I would stay completely off the right fade.  It looks to be bending there more than the left.  Start taking wood off that limb 8 inches or so past the fade.  I think that's why it's bending more without shaping up like the left.
I think you just hit the nail on the head there slimbob. So what I'm gathering from everyone is stay away from the right fade and go slow working on that stiff area. I'll post a pic after me and my friend get it adjusted. Thanks everyone
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Offline SLIMBOB

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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2013, 11:18:48 pm »
That's what I'm seeing.  Is the unbraced profile straight?  If it's a bit deflexed there at the fade it would only appear to be bending more there, but isn't.
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: Tiller help please
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2013, 01:09:17 am »
The right limb definitely needs some scrapes from midlimb outward.

You'll want to make sure that at brace, both limb tips are equal distance from the lines drawn on the wall.  It's hard to say without seeing a brace picture, but it looks as though it's sitting cockeyed on the tiller tree (looks like the right fade is closer to the lines on the wall than the left fade).  You may have to shim up one side of the handle while tillering.  I use sandpaper, folded up into as many layers as it takes.  Those lines on the wall don't mean squat if the bow isn't lined up proper to begin with :)  As you get the tiller better on the right limb, you will have to do even scrapes the entire length of the left limb to keep it coming around with the right.  Once you get them both bending nicely, determine which limb is stronger, and use that as your bottom limb.