Tillering A Laminated Longbow

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.

Tillering a laminated longbow.

The pine hollow longbows tillering stick reveals how your stave is reacting to the corrections you re making during the tillering process. Perfect tiller hinged tiller flat spot. The belly of the bow is the part that faces the shooter the back is away from the shooter. Our tillering stick is made from solid wood and is notched every two inches from 4 to 28.

Tillering is the adjustment of tiller by removing material from a bow limb or limbs. Tillering stick every bowyer needs a tillering stick. 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. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes.

Cut the laminates using a circular saw or a band saw. 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. That said be prepared to break a few bows. Never pull the bow past your desired weight.

The design includes a flat base which makes it easier to use. 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 grain of the back laminate must run straight down the length of the board and be uncut.

You can see how he traps the limbs. He makes very high performing laminated bows. This means that if after you first string the bow you pull 45 at the first notch on the tiller stick then you need to stop and achieve a good tiller. 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.