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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: broketooth on May 26, 2009, 02:29:00 PM
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i just recently aquired a you finish bow from mr pat brennen. thank you again mr pat. he told me it just needs finish tillering.i robbed a longer bow string from my recently retired hickory bow, and tied a bowyers knot at the bottom and strung iti set the brace height at 7" what can you tell me from this pic. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/IM000793.jpg)any help would be much appreciated. i also tried to hold the bow straight , with a known line as the motor joint in the picto make it easier for help :notworthy:
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Well, from a newbie like me, the right limb is stiff from the fades to midlimb, and midlimb is a weak spot to stay away from and stiff from midlimb to the tips.
Left limb looks like its better out of the fades, and maybe a tad stiff midlimb to the tips. And maybe stronger than right.
If it was me, I would make a gizmo like Eric shows on here. It tells the tale fairly easily. I won't tiller without it.
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Brace looks fine to me. Pulling to your intended draw weight will show more.
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Tough to tell until you draw it a bit. Just a short pull. Jawge
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If you hold the handle level you will see the right limb is more and more evenly than the left.
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I'd be giving that left limb about 10 scrapes from 6" past the fade to 6" short of the tip. Then I'd bend it to weight until tit evened up with the right. Right looks OK so far but will probably need some work from midlimb to the tip.