I've been following Rich's mantra on long string on the plan B black birch. It's helped break the bad habit I had of marking and working on both limbs at the same time. It's going better because of that. I don't even mark the softer limb anywhere, until the other tip is at the same height.
I'm tillering with the bow upside down this time, on the floor, on a pad, foot on the handle. There's a discount store long dressing mirror a couple feet away, propped up and horizontal on the floor, angled up. I don't have to keep going outdoors to the tiller tree on the shed -- there's a lot of ice out there now, and putting on a jacket and ice grippers between scrapes is just too slow.
I've found I can keep my thumb on the spring bow scale so that when the pointer comes up to the tiller weight I want to allow, I feel it hit, check the mirror for shape. It's pretty quick to do that, lower the string and scrape. Seems to be working anyway.
