Tillering A Laminated Longbow

Never pull the bow past your desired weight.

Tillering a laminated longbow.

Tillering stick every bowyer needs a tillering stick. You can see how he traps the limbs. Understanding tiller most shooters regardless of preferred shooting style draw a traditional bow at a more severe angle on the bottom than on the top. Time to tiller the bow.

But before a persons gets to the point that the benefits of laminating are outweighing the extra troubles a laminated bow creates you have to do some serious experimenting and to expect some failed bows. The dimensions of the belly laminate should be about 75 by 1 1 2 by 1 and the dimensions of the back laminate 75 by 1 1 2 by 3 16. The pine hollow longbows tillering stick reveals how your stave is reacting to the corrections you re making during the tillering process. Our tillering stick is made from solid wood and is notched every two inches from 4 to 28.

I ve never made a laminated bow but i d expect that how much you come in on each limb depends on how wide the limb is and what materials are in the limb. Perfect tiller hinged tiller flat spot. The design includes a flat base which makes it easier to use. Successfully tillering a bow takes time and is difficult to teach even in person so there is only so much that you can learn from reading without just going and doing it.

Tillering is the adjustment of tiller by removing material from a bow limb or limbs. The grain of the back laminate must run straight down the length of the board and be uncut. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes. Basically the bottom limb is drawn a bit farther than the top limb each shot and the top limb gets a head start on the bottom limb upon release.

Cut the laminates using a circular saw or a band saw. I tiller my bows even for a 3 under shooter. He makes very high performing laminated bows. The belly of the bow is the part that faces the shooter the back is away from the shooter.