Tiller

[StinkyPete]

Personally I set mine statically - but there is no option for this

[SLOWHAND]

Most modern limbs seem to work best with very little tiller (I have mine set at 1mm) but this can vary with different set ups and with different archers. Heres one of the easiest ways to check. Put everything on the bow that you normally use (longrod twins etc.) but dont put an arrow on the bow, just hold the bow at arms length and before you start to draw back aim at something. Slowly (and I mean slowly) draw back to your normal anchor whilst looking through the sights, if the bow has a tendacy to rise as you pull back it means that your tiller is too much, if it falls as you draw then your tiller is too little. In this way you are tuning the tiller to suit YOU and the equipment.

[tel]

Originally Posted by SLOWHAND

Most modern limbs seem to work best with very little tiller (I have mine set at 1mm) but this can vary with different set ups and with different archers. Heres one of the easiest ways to check. Put everything on the bow that you normally use (longrod twins etc.) but dont put an arrow on the bow, just hold the bow at arms length and before you start to draw back aim at something. Slowly (and I mean slowly) draw back to your normal anchor whilst looking through the sights, if the bow has a tendacy to rise as you pull back it means that your tiller is too much, if it falls as you draw then your tiller is too little. In this way you are tuning the tiller to suit YOU and the equipment.

I do so like something I can grasp!

[greydog]

I can't really speak for recurve, but I set mine to zero then creep tune the cams . I get the bow to hold steady and level by adjusting stabilisers/weights. Tiller tuning only changes the angle of the riser and therefore the grip on a compound, so I haven't found it to be much use as I use a low grip. I do know people who have found it usefull on compounds, most of whom had either a high or medium grip, so maybe it's effect's are more or less noticeable depending on which grip you prefer?

[cecile]

As limbs and the handle are not symetric, a little tiller is required to make them work properly.
I put 6mm on my bow.

I set it by observing the motion of my sight when drawing the bow as perfectly in line as possible. If the sight moves, the tiller need some adjustment. A much longer setting consists of trying different tillers (don't forget to adjust both limbs to keep the same bow weight) at long range (70 m). The higher the arrows on the target, the better the tiller...

The risk of a tiller not set is that the limbs will have asynchronous vibration resulting in a not optimal energy transmission and the causing the arrows to have an up and down oscillation, as if the nocking height was slightly bad.

[currie1014]

Originally Posted by cecile

As limbs and the handle are not symetric, a little tiller is required to make them work properly.
I put 6mm on my bow.

I set it by observing the motion of my sight when drawing the bow as perfectly in line as possible. If the sight moves, the tiller need some adjustment. A much longer setting consists of trying different tillers (don't forget to adjust both limbs to keep the same bow weight) at long range (70 m). The higher the arrows on the target, the better the tiller...

The risk of a tiller not set is that the limbs will have asynchronous vibration resulting in a not optimal energy transmission and the causing the arrows to have an up and down oscillation, as if the nocking height was slightly bad.

at last someone who speaks my language