Have a BBH Bow all tillered

Roy from Pa · January 07, 2011, 04:47:00 PM

This is a bow which the boo split on me after glue up. So I grabbed my belt sander and ground off the top limb section of boo, had another piece of boo that was split on one end. So I cut off the good end, layed out my bow pattern for the top limb and glued her back up:)

66 inches tip to tip, came out at 55 pounds at 28. 1/4 sawn hickory board backed with boo, bocote riser, buffalo horn tip overlays. Brace height is 6.5 with 3/16th positive tiller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8j-GQMdew

John Scifres · January 07, 2011, 04:50:00 PM

sweet

Pat B · January 07, 2011, 06:09:00 PM

Very nice!

Chisler · January 07, 2011, 06:16:00 PM

Looks like another good one Roy. Nice job salvaging the split bamboo.

steadman · January 07, 2011, 06:41:00 PM

Great looking bow!

Red Tailed Hawk · January 07, 2011, 07:06:00 PM

Wow, Looks real good to me

KellyG · January 07, 2011, 09:48:00 PM

sweet

Dan P · January 07, 2011, 10:37:00 PM

Great looking bow.

1oldbowguy · January 07, 2011, 10:51:00 PM

Very nice looking bow.

Butch L · January 10, 2011, 10:08:00 PM

Sweet looking bow.

Butch L

Goose Gossett · January 10, 2011, 10:37:00 PM

The brace picture is a thing of beauty. Great looking bow!

red hill · January 11, 2011, 12:02:00 AM

Very nice, Roy. Good call on the salvage.
Stan

kountzer0 · January 11, 2011, 01:47:00 AM

Very nice salvage!

I have a few questions about the third picture. It shows the bow with a deeper bend on the right limb as opposed to the left.

Is that mostly due to the position of the draw on the string?

It looks like the point of draw is offset to the right, as opposed to the center of bow draw comonly seen.

Is that to reflect tiller under "normal use" conditions where the fingers on the string draw the bow slightly off-center?

I've only built one kidbow so far but I have some hickory board bows on deck and am trying to get a mental handle on all this, so please don't think these questions are any form of criticism - constructive or otherwise.

All you gurus are making my half-stepping forays too easy by far...I should change my signature to "standing on shoulder of giants".

Thank you so much for sharing all of these posts!

kount

broketooth · January 11, 2011, 05:15:00 AM

nice bow. ruddy

ber643 · January 11, 2011, 05:27:00 AM

Nice save, fine looking bow, both at rest and in the draw.

vanillabear? · January 11, 2011, 11:51:00 AM

PEARL DRUMS · January 11, 2011, 02:53:00 PM

As usual you have whipped out a beauty Roy!

Roy from Pa · January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM

Thanks Guys. Will be one something like it going to someone in our Bow swap:)

Kount ya asked:)

I have a few questions about the third picture. It shows the bow with a deeper bend on the right limb as opposed to the left.

Is that mostly due to the position of the draw on the string?

It looks like the point of draw is offset to the right, as opposed to the center of bow draw comonly seen.

Is that to reflect tiller under "normal use" conditions where the fingers on the string draw the bow slightly off-center?

I've only built one kidbow so far but I have some hickory board bows on deck and am trying to get a mental handle on all this, so please don't think these questions are any form of criticism - constructive or otherwise.

All you gurus are making my half-stepping forays too easy by far...I should change my signature to "standing on shoulder of giants".

Thank you so much for sharing all of these posts!

kount

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Actually in that third picture, the bow string is hooked under a screw in my tillering tree at 28 inches, and not on the pull rope. When pulled to 28 with the pull rope, the rope will slide towards the left about 1/2 inch and even out the limb bends more.
I like to pull the bow on the tree with my tiller rope more to the right of center handle. I figure out where my arrow rest will be and move up about another 1/4 inch on the string to attach the pull rope. My thoughts are, that is more where my drawing hand will be holding the string when I shoot. Also with the 3/16th positive tiller, the top limb will bend a little more. This is how I was taught. I see most guys here pull from the center of the handle. It works also, because many here turn out great bows too.

A couple years ago an old fart here named Art from WV, tried to explain to me why I should pull from the center of the handle. I couldn't see his point and he couldn't see mine. So we called it a draw, LOL.. Howdy Art.

Any of you guys have any thoughts or input as to drawing from the center of the handle compared to how I do it, please feel free to add your comments. I would be interested in hearing them, thanks Roy

Stiks-n-Strings · January 11, 2011, 10:43:00 PM

Roy I kinda agree with you on your pull rope placement. Just my thinking is when I'm tillering a bow I figure I should pull the string as close to the same point I would draw when shooting.

Just my thinking.

Nice looking tiller to by the way. I love those reflex/deflex bows. Heck I love'em all!

kountzer0 · January 12, 2011, 01:10:00 PM

Thank you for the response! I get the positive tiller concept and I like the idea of working on the bow as it will be in use by pulling off-center or what have you.

Since my skillz and experience aren't ready to call what appear to be uneven bending limbs "good" or "safe", I will probably have to tiller with a centered pull and just check at the end for off-center pull to see if I can spot anything scary.

I'm probably just over-thinking this.

Thanks again!