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stuckinthemud:
Hi All,

so, I have a holly stave pretty much seasoned, about 2" width and 70" long and I want to make a heavy ELB or war-bow (not sure yet, depends on what the stave will give me, but certainly full-compass), but how on earth do I string it and bend it on the tiller-tree? Do you use a car-jack, or some kind of pulley system? What do you guys use to actually bend something with the draw weight of a strong long-bow or even of a war-bow?

WillS:
As with any other bow.  Unless you've got something over 160lbs or so, you should be able to brace and tiller it as you would with a 45lb bow.  Use a stringer obviously, as you won't be able to push-pull or step-through with it unless you've had a LOT of practice.

You won't NEED a pulley system until you're over 120lbs or so, but it will certainly help. 

How do you tiller your other bows?

stuckinthemud:
Step through to string and go straight from floor tiller to brace with normal string; don't use long string

WillS:
If you don't want to use a long string (I don't blame you!) you can "floor tiller" a heavy bow by clamping it in a vice and using both arms to bend the limbs, checking the balance.  It can then be braced straight away and tillered as usual.

For stringing, I'd recommend using a stringer to begin with.  Lots of people can use the step through for bows up to and over 150lbs, but it's tricky.  Just file double nocks both end, and use a paracord stringer.

mikekeswick:
Why would you not use a long string?

To string it for tillering use a bow stringer and cut two temporary nocks to put it in.

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