I am building a 66" one pc. longbow. lower limb is stiffer than the top by 3/8 of an inch when I measure tiller from fades to string. I have tried to lighten the lower limb by every means I know and the best I have been able to achieve is 1/4 tiller. The bottom limb is very close to final size and I still have to shape the top limb. which will probably cause me to lose any progress I have made . My question is are there any tricks that I could try to better my tiller or at least maintain my progress after shaping the top limb? I guess I could shoot for a 64" bow and move the top nock.If I did this any suggestion on how far to move the top nock?
You can probably shorten the top a bit and not have to go as short as 64". To avoid cutting into the upper limb, you could use a wedge tied tightly in place and try moving it around. I don't have pic of this but someone will probably come up with one.
ocd, is this a self bow or other type, glass, etc. Also, if you could post a few pics it would really help to evaluate what you got going on....Dan
will try to get some pics together thank you for your responses.
Sorry forgot to add that this is a glass laminate bow.