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. Today we ll go through most the tillering process. In this video i describe how to tiller a self bow with a simple tool called a tillering stick. Follow me as i build a hazel longbow. We also had to do a little.

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. Tillering a wonky bow to first brace. This must be done on dry wood or it will check. I almost always get my bows to floor tiller and then use a heatgun and caul to correct side to side deviations and also induce about 1 1 2 of reflex in the profile.

Noble savage outdoors 256 views. 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. Hang the bow up horizontally on a branch or piece of scrap wood by the handhold. In this video i describe how to tiller a self bow with a simple tool called a tillering stick.

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. Now pull down a few inches on the string while observing how the limbs bend. 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.