I'm thinking this might become my trade bow. It has some character that is making it a good challenge to tiller. I've got it to a 5" brace height and tillering out pretty well. Last check it was anywhere from 35-55lbs at 21" (I wouldn't want to give anything away :D )The rollercoasters and dips make it a toughie to use the gizmo well.
Any thoughts on the tiller and bow itself are welcome. I know the left limb is stiff around the outer 1/3 and is getting addressed. Sorry about the low lighting on the tiller tree. If the snow comes that they are expecting in west Arkansas then I'll be home tomorrow and get a chance to take better pictures. I'm sure **** will love whatever comes their way.
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Goose, I like what I am seeing so far. Should turn out nice. Got snow yet?
lookin good so far goose, should be a good lookin bow when finished. love the character bows. ruddy
Lookin Good. Nice rollercoasters.
Looking sweet!
CJ
Is the left limb in the first pic the same as the right limb in the last? The outer 1/3 looks stiff at full draw and braced.
With the whoop de doos along the edge try to get the belly to follow the back. Looks like you left a few rings in those and they can be removed to help you get a better bend in those areas. I usually use a rasp and scraper for these. Be careful of swirling grain in these areas.
yep goose I think **** would love that bow if it truns out to be the trad bow. who in their right mind does not like charactor in a bow.
Definitely snowing outside and still is. Got a couple extra inches. Scraping away like a fiend. String is still tracking very well after heat treating. Hopefully going to finish the tillering out today.
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Looking great Goose!
Looking very nice Goose, way to go sir!!!
Pat you are correct. Those are the same limbs
Looks great Goose! I'd certainly be a happy recipient of that one!!
Nice!
Nice job, Goose. I was wondering, in the third pic the knot near the fade appears as if it has been cut through. Is that the case? And if so, would that compromise the bow at that knot? Just trying to learn and you're posting some good pics for that.
Looking good.
Stan
Red: I'll post a picture of the front of the bow and you can see a bit better how I went around the knot with a bandsaw.
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Goose, That is looking great. Nice character and tiller is looking good
Very nice work! Jawge
Got some time this morning to work on the bow and I've got it to 28" pulling 1 pound over desired draw weight. That is about right for the sanding and rest of the work that it'll take to get purdy. Shot a couple and even with the tips still chunky it was SMOOTH! I'm going to look forward to sending this one off here in the next couple of weeks if I can stay after it and keep the honey-do list cleared.
Any comments on the tiller would be appreciated.
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Lookin good! Left limb looks pretty perfect to me. Right looks stiff on the outer 2/3. Still much better than I could do though! Could be the uneven background playing tricks on me too. I love me some character bows.
Tyler
Great job on the tiller.
Looks just about perfect to me!
Goose,I don't think i'd touch it, how many shots do you have through it ?
Before the wife came home I put about a dozen through it. Shooting off my hand and it's kickin them out pretty well.
NICE, well done sir.
She looks sweet Goose. Once you get the tips reduced she'll soften up a bit more.
nice bow. I think your full draw picture is skewed. the right limb looks a little high as if the horizontal plane of the handle area is not quite level. tiller looks good. congradulations.
I wish my self bows were tillered that well. How long is the bow?
Looks really good. Only thing is I can hear her screaming in protest from being left at full draw for so long while you snap a pic. Have you ever thought of using a rope and pulley? Jawge
Thanks for the kudos y'all
Greg: The bow is 64" ntn
George: I have thought about a pulley system just haven't got around to it yet. With the new house things just can't be attached to the wall without the wife's approval. So, I'm trying to think of a system that is portable and movable but also stable enough to pull on and draw a bow.
Looking good! Congratulations!
You can attach a pulley right on the lower part of that 2X4. Not ideal but it will work.
Put about 75 shots through the bow today with this nice weather. Shooting well and only about 1" of set
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Sweet.
It looks much better in the hand!
Good job Goose.
I agree with osagetree, "looks much better in the hand."
David
Unlike everyone else I thought the right limb in the tiller stick picture looked awful but in the full draw picture everything looks mighty good. Just shows how a picture taken from a slight angle can distort the subject.
Looking real good Goose !
That just goes to show you how the heel pressure of the hand brings that lower limb around Eric. Last thing you want to see om the tillering tree is evenly bending limbs if you grip a bow like Goose IMO.
That's what I've been preaching about. "Grip a bow for the way it was designed or design a bow for your intended grip"....Art
^^^What Eric said! Looks great, Goose!
Looking pretty good to me, Goose.
Art B: Great info and wisdom.
Eric: This is a picture of the bow bending from the other side. There are a couple of rollercoasters on the right side of the tillering tree pictures that do make it look jankity. With the full draw picture it is showing the opposite side which definitely makes it look better.
Thanks for the kind words and insight y'all!
Looks good and I hope mine bends that nice before to long
Good job, Goose.
Stan
Great lookin bow and tiller! We need to get together and fling some arrows. I'm only about 10 miles across the river from you.
Finished the bow. Here are the pics.
Okie: When and where let's make it happen.
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Great lookin bow goose. Send me a pm and we'll get together sometime.
That is sweet looking Goose, well done!
Lookin good! Excellent job on the tiller.
Very nice job, Goose - as pretty as an Osage bow! :goldtooth:
Beautiful Bear rug there too, BTW.
Thanks for sharing the some of the pics of the nearly tillered bow. It helps to improve my eye for tiller. I don't usually comment but wait to see if others confirm what I see.
She looks mighty sweet to me too!