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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: cylyntbowyer on August 28, 2014, 11:37:00 AM
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Hey guys, been playing with a new design and first bows tiller is way out of wack! Top limb is 1/2" negative. These limbs are pretty narrow to start, was gonna take a little off the sides then maybe take some off the belly glass.
Other option may be to cut bottom Nocks shorter to help bring closer to where I need to be.
Thoughts? Ideas?
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Where DOES it need to be? What are you shooting for?
I do mine a little differently than most. I would time the limbs so the string fulcrum tracked properly on the tillering tree, and let the braced profile be whatever it is. Especially with a new design, in order for the limbs to be synchronized, who knows what will be 'correct'/best? So I'd let IT tell ME. Perhaps it SHOULD be tillered negative?
Is the bottom limb currently shorter or are the limbs the same length?
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Same length, played with lightly sanding the sides and the belly glass, got her to dead tiller. The limbs seem to be in time, still haven't shot it yet, nervous I guess. I always have high expectations of my bows performance.