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DC:
I'm working on my first and probably only warbow. I had to try it even though I'll never pull it. It's a nice piece of Yew that's only 70.75" NTN I've got it on the long string and I'm pulling it to about 10" of tip travel. It's at 120#. I hesitate to use draw length because I'm using a 550 paracord long string and it seems to stretch a little more every time I pull it. Anyway, when the draw weight is a question where do I go from here? If the tiller looks good to I just keep pulling? Since I'm at 10" tip travel should I brace it?

FilipT:
550 is awful for tillering. I had original one (came with some papers) and it stretches like crazy. Tried to use it as a stringer and it was even worse as it was impossible to string bows above 70#. Your range of motion becomes higher and higher by the second and of course your arm cannot reach the bow at the end to put the string on.

So, bottom line, immediately use another tillering string, preferably from fast flight.

JNystrom:
Would that be about 25" of draw on a long string? Hard to say cause i never measure tip movement. While it is true that if you want a heavy bow, brace it as soon as you can, at the same time some people (me for example) take this too serious and brace the bows when they are 150-170 pounds.
What kind of draw weight do you want? Can you compare some lower weight longbow with long string, to get a feeling in what poundage are is the warbow? I would try that, since its not really convenient or fun to brace a 150 pounder if you want 120 pounds.
You could also measure the mass of the stave and use Gardner's mass principle.

Del the cat:
If the tips are coming back 10" it could be braced.
Then you'll get a better idea of tiller and draw weight.
As it's rather short I'd aim for a 28" draw rather than 32"
Del

DC:
Thanks guys. I've figured out how to brace it so I should get that done this morning. It involves using a come-a-long across the room to pull on the tillering string. I didn't want to make a FF long string and only use it once. I don't have a target draw weight in mind. I'm trying to get all I can out of this stave. I can't pull much more than 45# so this is just a tillering exercise really. I'll take it to our gathering next year and see if anyone there can pull it. Thanks for the draw length recommendation Del, I was concerned about that. I was surprised when I couldn't find any suggestions of bow length/draw length for warbows. In fact I didn't see any mention of warbow length at all. Must have been looking in the wrong places.

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