Awesome video!! I’ve been working at building bows for a couple years now successfully making a couple Hickory and red Oak Bows. Got some Staves drying and can’t wait to try my first Osage in about nine months from now, One of my biggest troubles is Tillering so this really helped thank you so much.
Thank you. A staves weakest point before tillering is the middle. Most of the wood must be removed from the outer areas so they start doing the work too. If you start in the inner section first, it's easier to take off too much while trying to reach a certain draw length. It's very common for new bowyers to have hinges near the fades for this reason. Too much wood removed in the inner limb/handle area greatly reduce draw weight.
Sounds like the smartest strategy. Tillering seems to me like a kind of art, haha, Anyway, your tiller looks perfect. I do like your videos, my friend.
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Another great short but sweet video on tillering a bow ... very well done, God bless ya!
THIS is one of the BEST tillering videos i have seen!! BRO YOU ARE NAILING IT
I really appreciate this! Thanks for the kind words.
New sub tillering 😩. Im working on making osage bows , the one ive made popped up piece grain today while shooting , in the process of a sinew repair
Awesome video!!
I’ve been working at building bows for a couple years now successfully making a couple Hickory and red Oak Bows.
Got some Staves drying and can’t wait to try my first Osage in about nine months from now, One of my biggest troubles is Tillering so this really helped thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice tiller. Thanks for this video.
I would like to ask you why you preffer to make bend first the outer part of the limbs rather than any other.
Thank you. A staves weakest point before tillering is the middle. Most of the wood must be removed from the outer areas so they start doing the work too. If you start in the inner section first, it's easier to take off too much while trying to reach a certain draw length. It's very common for new bowyers to have hinges near the fades for this reason. Too much wood removed in the inner limb/handle area greatly reduce draw weight.
Sounds like the smartest strategy. Tillering seems to me like a kind of art, haha,
Anyway, your tiller looks perfect.
I do like your videos, my friend.
Do you make bow from dry wood? Or does it need to be moist?
Has to be dried for 1-2 years minimum unless doing a fast drying method