Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DiGi on June 06, 2011, 08:31:27 pm
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This is my first ever tiller. I'm just finishing up with the long tillering step. How's it look? I need an extra pair of eyes (and someone's better experience) to help.
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I'm no expert, but I'd say you gotta get them limbs bending a bit more :D
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;D ;D ;D
Lane
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lane?
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Do you have an unbraced photo? That will help. But if its a straight profile then you got a ways to go yet on the long string and its barely bending. Also shorten up your long string to where there's just a teeny tiny bit of slack.
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well the left limb looks stiffer to me
but you realy need to shorten that"long" string up
it only needsto be long enough to fit with a zero brace height ;)
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:D ;D :D
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Oh, ok. I read somewhere (TBB1 maybe) that it had to be 2 feet longer. I just shortened it and will make it bend more. Thanks guys.
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Im sorry I thought you were joking ;D go with what sailor dad said
josh
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There are buildalongs on my site which include the use if the ling string.
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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also keep in mind
you never want to pull it past its final target weight at any time during tillering ;)
take a new pic with the shorter long string and show us please :)
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I'd get it off the long string and floor tiller first.
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Your 'long' string is about 5 miles too long. It shouldn't be more than the length of the unbraced bow.
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DiGi I thought you were joking or either had left out some pic's. My first five or so bows caused me serious trouble getting the tillering off the ground. Then I realized what the guys were all saying about floor tillering was real important.
You simply cannot "tiller" something that ain't moving. When the limbs start to flex and bend the bow is coming alive and you can work with it.Until then it is just a piece of wood.And listen to sailordad about tillering weight.
You are absolutely right to go slow the first dozen or so. Keep the pic's coming these guys love to help with tiller ;D.
Lane
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Needs to bend a little more on the right limb,and the left limb from the fads to the tips. :) I just couldn't resist. ;) :) :) Like others have said,shorten the tillering string and get it floor tillered where it is flexing some them move on to the tree. :)
Pappy
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Ok. I have shortened the long tiller string now. How far do I go with the long tiller string? I don't want to go too far.
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The most important thing is that you dont want to pull the bow harder than you will at full draw. so if you are hoping to have 50# bow when you are done then at NO point should oyu ever pull the bow harder than 50#. But with the amount of wood you still have on your bow you shouldn't even be approaching your intended draw weight. scrape a little wood off and then exercise the limbs gently and scrape a little more off. take it slow and watch for the limbs to start bending more. once they are bending then you can start to see what adjustments you need to make to your tiller.
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You want it bending ten inches on the long string before moving on to the short string. For example, if your long string starts bending the limbs and becomes taught at the 2" mark on your tillering tree/stick,then you need to be pulling it to the 12" mark at at no more than your desired weight. Understand? And also never pull past once you notice a hinge no matter what weight your pulling, even if its under your desired weight. And try to get your limbs nice and evenly matched on the long string as it makes life easier once you move on to the short string and first bracing.
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How bout now? I've taken a lot off but its still not bending too much. What do I do?
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Just keep taking wood off evenly from each side until you start to get some bend.
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I can't see any mistakes so far ::) ;)