How To Floor Tiller A Bow

Place the end of the tiller stick the side where there are no notches on the arrow notch or on the rest of the bow.

How to floor tiller a bow.

Tillering a wonky bow to first brace. Now not only do you want each limb to bend evenly throughout its length you also want each limb to bend exactly the same amount a mirror image of each other. How to make a bow part 3 roughing out and floor tillering duration. The string is then stretched to fit into one notch on the tiller stick.

Basically the bottom limb is drawn a bit farther than the top limb each shot and the top limb gets a head start on the bottom limb upon release. If you are correcting wet wood it is best to use steam and the technique dean lays out in hob. Now pull down a few inches on the string while observing how the limbs bend. In this video i describe how to tiller a self bow with a simple tool called a tillering stick.

Today we ll go through most the tillering process. Hang the bow up horizontally on a branch or piece of scrap wood by the handhold. We also had to do a little. Follow me as i build a hazel longbow.

Understanding tiller most shooters regardless of preferred shooting style draw a traditional bow at a more severe angle on the bottom than on the top. This must be done on dry wood or it will check. It is left to sit until the wood of the bow is flexible enough to bend in that direction without the sting being so taught. Noble savage outdoors 256 views.