Ok guys I'm having a little hysteria here. I think I'm going nuts...
I started doing a little preliminary long string pulling on my my tri-lam this evening.
I got it moving about 6". I decided I'd try to keep the limbs even from jump street so I put a 4' level on top of the bow.
I though I would be smart and use my caliper to measure the distance along the tick marks I made on the level on both sides to ensure the limbs were bending evenly. I did this for a couple of scraping sessions. I was getting 2.3" deflection on one side and 2.6" deflection on the other at the same distance down the limb measured to the bottom of the level. I decided to turn the bow around on the tree to make sure that my long side moved...IT DIDNT!! I put the calipers on the riser block and measured every point I could and found that I had ground the back of the riser block a few hundreths out of square. I pulled all the points and marked it up and brought it to the belt sander and corrected that issue. I put it back on the tree and I still have the same issue. I don't know why it's giving me false readings but it is. The left side limb always measures longer no matter how I put the bow in the tree. I checked level from every angle on the tree itself..I just don't get it..
Should I just tiller it by eye?
Also, I'm at 55 lbs. at 6" inches right now so I gotta drop some serious weight. You guys had mentioned I might have that issue with the core being too thick and the belly too thin so my next question is...Do I start side tillering if I start getting too thin on the belly? I don't mind if the bow comes in at 60 or so (It's for myself anyways) but I'm not sure if this wood combo can handle that kind of weight at 1.5" wide..any suggestions? If I should start side tillering at some point, what is the best method to begin on that? Bring the taper back to the fades instead of mid limb?
Here is a pic of the bow drawn to 6" on the long string. I don't want to draw it too much further because, like I said, I'm hitting close to 55 lbs. right now..
Thanks in advance for any help!!