Wall hanger question

[osage outlaw]

I recently gave one of my bows to the local deer processor who saves all of his deer legs for me.  His wife wanted a bow to hang on the wall.  I had a bow that looked great but was an average shooter so it worked out great.  Yesterday I cut up a large osage tree that fell in a yard by my work.  The home owner texted me tonight and asked about making him a wall hanger bow from the tree.  I haven't made a wallhanger on purpose so I'm not sure how much work you put into one.  Do you go ahead and tiller it out like a regular bow or just rough the tiller in enough to have a nice even brace height?  It will never be shot.  I'll do all the finish work just like a normal bow so it will look the part.   

[bubby]

I guess if it is just a display get it to brace nice and even then polish it up nice and purrty clint

[okie64]

Ive done a few wallhangers Clint and I went ahead and tillered them out like I would any other bow. Guess I was afraid someone might draw it at sometime or another.

[Badly Bent]

I think I would tiller it out, lower draw around 30-35# but not spend too much time trying to get perfect tiller. Make it safe in case someone changes their mind and wants to shoot it someday. If its osage usually the wood can take less than perfect tiller and survive safely. I found that out on the first dozen bows I ever made, all were osage and all had far from good tiller yet survive some heavy use.

[Joec123able]

I don't think id tiller it out as a wall hanger but then again if it was tillered out it'd be cool as a wall hanger for a few decades and then down the road itd be cool trying to get it shooting

[sleek]

If strung on the wall it will loose all brace string tension and be a limp shooter. BUT if you can build it in such a way that you string it backward for display it will look the part and put reflex in the stave for later on.

[burchett.donald]

  Like others have said said, I would make it shootable for safety reasons...Somebody someday will have to say " Oh cool, check this out" and start yanking back
                                                                                                                        Don

[Del the cat]

Gotta be shootable... or one that was shootable and then smashed and you glued it back together 'cos it was real pretty and had tons of character (now how come I know that? )
Come to think of it, I'd bet that if one of just cobbled together a "looks like a bow" the darned thing would shoot anyway!
Del

[osage outlaw]

He said he wants to leave it strung when its on the wall.  That is why I didn't know if I should completely tiller it out.  If its strung for a year and then somebody tries to shoot it, good luck to them     If he wanted to leave it unstrung then I would definitely tiller it out just in case.   

[koan]

I think i would tiller to a very low poundage. Brace it and clamp it down in brace position then throw the heat to it to make it stay that way. Twist up a couple strands of hemp or sisal for a look alike string and call it done. My thought is if some one does try to pull it the string would break before some one got hurt. Just my $.02...... Brian

[missilemaster]

Boy, I dont know if I could make a wall hanger. That would stink! You could brace it backwards and that way it will feel like an authentic museum piece

[rps3]

My vote is for tillered and overbuilt. If strung backwards, someone will end up drawing it that way.

[Benedikt]

Yep, tillering and overbuilding.
Sometimes people want to shoot or pull the bow, and if a bow has hung quite some time in heated room......

Greetings,
Benedikt

[Del the cat]

Boy, I dont know if I could make a wall hanger. That would stink! You could brace it backwards and that way it will feel like an authentic museum piece

LOL...
Yo Cody...made me snort my tea
Del

[Marc St Louis]

Always fully tillered.  You never know, someone may want to use it someday