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Evening all,
I recently bought a stave from Chris at Irondale. It's hickory-backed ipe and after rough shaping I began the tillering this afternoon.
I'm aiming for 35lb at 24" (my wife - the shooter - has a very short draw!) and this photo shows it tillered on a long string, pulled to 30lb:
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I'm heading for 40lb at 24" prior to final sanding, but is this looking about right?
It's only pulled to 14" on a string Chris provided that's far too long. It's fair to say at this point I'm pretty scared to pull the bow any further than 14" but it's not even close to being at full brace yet.
My question is: What's the next stage? Should I be removing wood or still pulling further - the tiller looks fairly even to me so far.
Help?!
Chris
I recently bought a stave from Chris at Irondale. It's hickory-backed ipe and after rough shaping I began the tillering this afternoon.
I'm aiming for 35lb at 24" (my wife - the shooter - has a very short draw!) and this photo shows it tillered on a long string, pulled to 30lb:
[Please excuse the busy background!]
I'm heading for 40lb at 24" prior to final sanding, but is this looking about right?
It's only pulled to 14" on a string Chris provided that's far too long. It's fair to say at this point I'm pretty scared to pull the bow any further than 14" but it's not even close to being at full brace yet.
My question is: What's the next stage? Should I be removing wood or still pulling further - the tiller looks fairly even to me so far.
Help?!
Chris