Well I decided that instead of putting reflex in the tips or adding any kind of real extreme curves to the bow, that I would just straighten the tips cause each one had a tiny bit of twist. Then while I was at it, I strapped the entire bow flat to my bench and warmed up each limb just to the point of being hot to the touch to give it a bit of heat treatment. I was trying to counter act the little bit of set that the bow had taken while strung during the tillering process.
I think it turned out quite well and I'm going to call this good. The tips are straight with the entire bow and the profile has returned to nearly perfectly flat, which is what I had hoped to achieve. It may still take some set or string follow, but the tips are straight with zero twist and that's what I was trying to accomplish.
Here's the last pic.
Also here is a couple of pics of a string keeper I made this morning.
Yes....that is a canine tooth holding the string. I have no idea what type of canine it was, I found a skull while walking through the woods the other day and pulled the canine incisors out of it. When I found it I thought to myself...."Hmmm...I can make something out of these" and then this morning it dawned on me what they would be good for. Gifts from Mother Nature, waste not want not and death isn't always the end. That's how the Indians saw the scheme of life, and that's how I try to see it also.
I also thought it was befitting to have a Predator's tooth as part of and instrument used to take game in the hands of the Ultimate Predator at the top of the food chain.
Topic: Tillering Critique **Update with pics** (Read 1780 times)
