I'm getting close to the point where I'll be shaping the tiller for two bows. Neither bow has a quarrel groove but both of them have a small rest at the front of the tiller with a quarrel groove in it. I've seen one guy do a build along for a bow and he actually had the table sloped downwards slightly and that little quarrel rest had its topmost part on a level with the rest of the table and the roller nut. Here is a link to a photo showing his bow before the quarrel rest was installed:
http://www.stormthewalls.kicks-ass.net/Crossbows/Full/Construction/NoseSlope.jpg
Here are the two bows I'm more or less trying to duplicate:
In both cases I can't tell from the photos whether these bows have a sloped table forward of the area where the string rests, which is where I'm assuming the slope would start. Question is, do these bows slope down or would the quarrel rest stick up above the flat surface of the table slightly giving a ramped rest of sorts as Geezer has mentioned some bows having had? How would you make these tillers? Flat from the nut forward, or some downward slope?
http://www.stormthewalls.kicks-ass.net/Crossbows/Full/Construction/NoseSlope.jpg
Here are the two bows I'm more or less trying to duplicate:
In both cases I can't tell from the photos whether these bows have a sloped table forward of the area where the string rests, which is where I'm assuming the slope would start. Question is, do these bows slope down or would the quarrel rest stick up above the flat surface of the table slightly giving a ramped rest of sorts as Geezer has mentioned some bows having had? How would you make these tillers? Flat from the nut forward, or some downward slope?