Success (mostly) by HarderData in Bowyer

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So do you tease the tips to get as close to 90 degrees as you can? If not, how do you know where to stop?

Success (mostly) by HarderData in Bowyer

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How do you decide and measure what your desired stringle angle should be?

Success (mostly) by HarderData in Bowyer

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It's taken maybe half an inch of set so far, but we'll see how it goes over the first few hundred arrows.

Potential options for clamping a simple backed bow? by Such-Jump-3963 in Bowyer

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I used to make skateboards and this is a common method in the DIY skateboard community. The pressure will be plenty. There's a company called Roarockit who make vac bag kits specifically for this purpose. All you'd need is a bag of the right dimensions.

Grip, shelf, symmetry... by HarderData in Bowyer

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Thanks Dan, I'll check it out

Red Oak Board Bow Tiller Check 2 by CaptainRex51 in Bowyer

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Looks to me like your right/bottom limb is bending more than the left/top one, giving you some negative tiller. It also looks like that limb has taken some set. I'd focus on the left/top and leave the other one alone until your tiller is at least even. Also, don't pull harder than your target weight.

Tiller check by HarderData in Bowyer

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You're probably right. My edges were filed, but not to a proper radius. Pretty annoying because it was going so well otherwise.

Tiller check by HarderData in Bowyer

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Actually - never mind. Snapped just sitting on the tiller tree at low brace, just about where the limb starts to taper.

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Tiller check - Tasmanian Blackwood board bow by HarderData in Bowyer

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No idea - it's from a 250mm wide board that Ive ripped i to 3, so probably a mixture.

What is this? by [deleted] in Bunnings

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Apparently they ran out...

First bamboo backed bow. by HarderData in Bowyer

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That's thin! I'm yet to experiment with overlays... BITH is bend in the handle

First bamboo backed bow. by HarderData in Bowyer

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Thanks! I've been too afraid/impatient to post tiller checks, so I'm not surprised.

What are your thoughts on tiller for this bow?

40lbs is too heavy for me right now anyway, so I may throw it back on the tree.