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Pat B:
Cody, look at the top of the How To page. George Tsoukalas has his website up there. He will show you all you need to know about building board bows plus lots of other stuff.

onidog:
So one thing that isn't quite making sense is tillering I believe its called. It's the device where you put the bow in it to see flaws and to set it to your specified weight and pull but I don't understand exactly for one how to make one and two what you need to do to achieve the desired weight and pull. whats the standard pull length? thanks again
-Cody

Pat B:
Tillering is the act or removing wood from the belly of the bow so that both limbs bend evenly and together at the draw weight and draw length you want to achieve.
 A tiller is the stick with notches along it length that you use to check tiller of the bow. A tiller tree is similar to the tiller but you use a rope and pulley to pull the bow string so you can view the bow from a distance(6' or so). The tiller tree is the safest for you and the bow.

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