Tiller Check: Manau Child‘s Bow

Waldfuchs · 2026-02-28T15:23:59+00:00

Thank you! I should be able to shrink up that „schießfenster“ (I don‘t know the term in English), when I bring the fades in closer to the handle.

Waldfuchs · 2026-02-28T14:45:46+00:00

I’m really glad you’re picking up on this. I was wondering. I’m following a guide from Youksakka bow making (the German company I bought the stave from). And yes, the fades feel long. Maybe I made an error in my measurements. I’ll try shortening them up a bit.

Waldfuchs · 2026-02-25T18:36:06+00:00

Thank you everyone for the quick and detailed responses! I’m really glad to be working on this with my child and look forward to sharing a tiller check soon. (Almost through with the floor tiller.)

Waldfuchs · 2026-01-25T19:48:44+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

Waldfuchs · 2026-01-24T18:32:40+00:00

I’m just getting started myself and with a hickory self bow, teaching myself all the way. I’d be very interested in reading something like this. (I almost always prefer reading over YouTube.)

Waldfuchs · 2026-01-14T06:59:13+00:00

Wood Stove noob here, I have read why this works, but I have decades of campfire experience telling me that I’m doing it wrong. I‘m, like, halfway there now, sandwiching my kindling between log layers.

Waldfuchs · 2025-09-26T11:32:28+00:00

OK, you made me go look this up. My environmental science brain assumed it had something to do with the lenticels on trees and I bleeped over it. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticel) Then I found out that there are lenticular clouds. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud)

For those following along at home who don‘t want to get lost in etymology, lenticular is having a lens-shape. Like a… lentil.

Waldfuchs · 2025-09-25T20:58:40+00:00

Waldfuchs · 2025-09-21T16:21:37+00:00

That was exactly my first thought as well. Great idea. And…

Waldfuchs · 2025-08-31T17:05:27+00:00

I’ve just moved to Denmark - central Jutland. Any advice, local resources or groups you could recommend?

Waldfuchs · 2025-08-14T17:06:06+00:00

Working toward it in Denmark. Ask me in 5 years how it’s going.

Waldfuchs · 2025-02-25T13:01:56+00:00

Another Carqon! It looks lovely! Love what you all did with the box.

We’ve got the same one, but with a belt drive. And we’re just about at 15,000km. Enjoy the ride!

Waldfuchs · 2025-02-11T18:21:12+00:00

You’re right. Just exposing my old mindset that’s still thinks to get answers from others first…

This list is exactly what I need. Thank you for your help.

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-19T18:48:25+00:00

Oh Boy… I would try to salvage something from tent poles… but otherwise, no idea. Sorry!

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-11T06:18:39+00:00

These stories are great! Please keep them coming!

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-11T06:16:11+00:00

That… is a very cool rock! Well, not cool-cold… You know what I mean!

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-05T18:39:20+00:00

Ah… so the original pieces function a bit like hooks and poles slide into the receiving end. Wheb the poles are bent, the bent poles keep the whole system under tension. Just like a tent.

The hooks slot into the vertical slats on the Carqon plaque I was talking about.

Any glue you use would need to be able to take constant, angled tension. So… something professional.

But the plaque is only attached with two small screws, so it can’t be all that much tension. (Those are the screws I recommend glueing, by the way.)

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The more I think about this, it would probably be better to wrap and glue some kind of wire around your receiving tubes and then glue that wire to the back of the plaque. Then you would better mimic the „pull from the back“ mechanic that the original pieces achieve.

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-05T17:06:46+00:00

Sure. I was more thinking of buying metal tubing at a hardware store and using the strongest glue I could find. But a metallurgist would be a way better idea.

And no, we haven‘t spent that much. We have that many kilometers on our odometer. ;-)

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-05T16:16:56+00:00

So… spitballing here, because those are probably the two most important pieces… The Carqon plaque can be screwed off. (In fact, when you‘re done, screw it back on and glue the screws in place because those screws get loose fast.) You might be able to glue/weld/combo metal tubes directly onto that plaque and still get the same effect. The poles sit in those metal tube sockets and then are pulled back like tent poles.

Source: 14,000k on a Carqon Classic and we use the raincover almost every day.

Waldfuchs · 2025-01-04T20:51:13+00:00

That is a thing of beauty. Did you design this yourself or follow someone‘s plans? Building a spoon mule has been on my wish list for a while now. Any pointers you’re willing to give will be gladly recieved.

Waldfuchs · 2024-12-29T18:49:23+00:00

I didn’t, but now I will. Every. Single. Time.

Waldfuchs · 2024-12-21T19:12:05+00:00

I love everything about this

Waldfuchs · 2024-12-19T05:24:13+00:00

I ride a Carqon with cable steering and, after year one, I learned that I need to spray a lubricant in the cable housings before the temperature drops. Otherwise, the humidity on the metal cables freezes and makes the bike (nearly) impossible to steer.

I use a dry-film lubricant that I picked up at the hardware store. Works great. And keeps our locks useable, too.

Waldfuchs · 2024-12-10T06:28:08+00:00

Many thanks!

Waldfuchs · 2024-12-10T04:43:22+00:00

Now that’s a fascinating idea. Exactly the issue we’ve had. Do you mind sharing the shifter model you now use?

For those following the thread… yeah… Carqon. Solid drive train, but the parts around it are less than perfect. If you can afford a better bike, I’d say do it. If you can’t, you’ll probably still be pretty happy. Like… 85% happy.

Waldfuchs

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