1 x 3 and 28 side notches cut 12 deep for strength spaced 1 apart. Mark out points from here every 2 until you get to the final draw length.
Anyway hope it helps.
How to use a tillering stick.
This is a semi deluxe version of the grooves for the string have been chamfered with a 90 degree router bit.
Brace the bow on the tillering stick.
After floor tillering your bow bend the bow slightly on your tillering tree or tillering stick i start at about 3 of bend using the long string.
Exercise the limb 30 50 times by pulling the bow to where it is currently braced.
Mark a centreline down the wide side.
One method to use is to slightly narrow the strong limb.
You should not go to full brace starting off keep it low.
Place the string on the desired notch and level the.
This reduces wear on the string through the course of tillering.
In this video i describe how to tiller a self bow with a simple tool called a tillering stick.
Ours is constructed of clear pine with a top notch of approx.
The tillering stick can be leaned against a wall or other upright or clamped in place.
In this video i describe how to tiller a self bow with a simple tool called a tillering stick.
If youre building self bows laminated bows or finishing one of our many bow kits youll need a tillering stick.
Hi everyone this is just to help some guys out who have asked how to make them.
The methods used to tiller a bow are quite simple.
Your standard tiller process will look something like this.
It is an essential item if you want to make bows.
Retract the pencil in the gizmo and run the wood block up the bows belly and find the widest gap.
Another method is rounding the edges of the limb and the 3rd method used is to flat sand the fiberglass thereby reducing the thickness of the limbs.
You could round the edges with sandpaper or a chisel though.
Put your stave in this depression and mark a point 10 or 1 deepending on if your final draw length ends on an even or odd inch below the staves back down the tillering stick.
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