tillering sequence

[PEARL DRUMS]

Once a fella recognizes the weight he is dealing with on floor tillering, it will all come easier. For me personally I couldn't see what the limb was doing on the floor because I was dealing with an 80-90# limb. I was paranoid about making a 35# bow and all I could think about was getting the string on the bow. Once I got past that and started getting 8-10" of limb movement on the floor, it all came easier.

[bow101]

Yep floor tillering has made tillering quicker and better.  Then I use the long string for a few initiall pulls a little wood removal then on to a 3" brace.  I now tiller out to about 24" then I shoot the bow in nursing it from 20" draw working my way up to 27" and shooting at least 80 arrows.  This works for me. 

[George Tsoukalas]

I floor tiller first.Then I go to the long string looking for 10 inches of string movement and target weight.

Then I string it up at low brace. I mark a big line at the end of the fades  and keep working until the limb begins to bend there.

The past several years I remove wood out to the tips and back towards the fade and continue...one pass out...one pass in.

In other words I feel strongly both ways.

Jawge

[Springbuck]

  Yeah, I wish floor tillering worked better for me.  I just have a hard time getting it to look and feel right.  Once in a while it would work out for me, but I had so many bows messed up before they ever got to the long string.

  Now, funny enough, when I do Mollies and such, and sometimes shorter bows like recurves, I can "floor tiller" by putting my hands wide on the limbs and pulling in a rowing motion with the handle against my knee.  For some reason, I can both see and feel the weight (approximately) and the balance of the limbs like that, no problem.