Reached low brace today. 62” ntn Osage

Hope to have her under a finish by August!!

How far have you pulled it?

You're getting there.Good luck with the tiller.

Only a few inches

what did you go by to decide you were at low brace, looks pretty good just needs a little evening up.

badger will help the whole way through that build if you ask him.One of the very best out there.He has given me pointers that are worth there weight in gold when it comes to making selfbows.

badger will help the whole way through that build if you ask him.One of the very best out there.He has given me pointers that are worth there weight in gold when it comes to making selfbows.His bows hold some flight shooting world records.He is like EF Hutton when he talks you should listen, and i am not just blowing smoke.

I'm kind of envious of you guys that have the know how and patience to make self bows. I think that's awesome, but I don't have much patience.

Instinct and floor tillering

Need to get the outer 2/3 limb bending on both sides

Honestly I used some floor tillering and eyeballed the thickness of the limbs to tell me where to remove wood with my scraper. Slow going now!

I do very, very little floor tillering. Just enough to get them moving a couple of inches then move quickly to the tillering tree where I can see both limbs at eye level, pull from the proper place on the string, and gauge their strengths relative to one another and the string fulcrum. I start seeking dynamic balance right from the beginning as part of a straightforward process, no backtracking, guessing, or missing weight.

Check out Badger's thread "Sharing a method I use".

Great!

Thank u

I was building my tillering rig at the same time as the bow

Stupid, I know.

The left limb is the lower limb. Not budging much yet!

Holding strong 76@24”

More on tillering tree Sunday!!!

Congratulations on getting to brace. If your not planning on a 76 lb bow don't pull it to 76. Its best to never pull past your intended draw weight. A clean unviolated back for tension stress and a well tiller belly to evenly spread the stress over entire bow are the most important steps in bow building. The most stress will be right out of the handle. Very common for first bows to bend to much there and then be to stiff for rest of limb. That puts enormous tension and compression stress in that area of the limbs causing frets or breaks. It's hard to say for sure without seeing unbraced profile but I'm guessing from braced profile it's really only bending just out of the fades. I'd put a x pencil mark there and stay away from there with scrapper. Your tiller width and or thickness should taper slightly as you move further away from the handle. Badger is good bowyer. He uses no set tiller method. If you monitor your unbraced side profile and it starts to develop set avoid removing wood from those areas. You have to get limbs bending just either side of area developing set to relieve stress from that area. I hope you don't think I'm being a jerk. Believe me I really just want you to succeed. Good Luck and post pictures. Take your time. Now is not the time to rush. Don't know what weight or draw length your looking for but you still have a good bow in there yet. It's all in the bend now. Bjrogg Bjrogg

Justin congratulations for taking the first step and continuing with your build.

When you take pictures try to get a blank wall behind the photo and square up the camera on the bow, if you take a photo at an angle things will not look correct. It will be difficult for the experts to help if they can't see straight on.

As you draw the string that is when you will see the different arcs. You need to make one of those tools that Eric Krewson came up with, that helps considerably.

I could see it better if there were no obstructions behind it.

I'm old and my eyes are a little fuzzy...Ha!Ha!

It looks like you will need to work on the outer 1/3 of the limbs

Beautiful job, I'm sure you will succeed, go slow and you will have a beaut.

PS: I'm just posting what I see, I am not an expert.

Justin. You were just given excellent advice. Use it wisely.I've learned so much from the very knowledgeable selfbow builders on this site. Take it slow and good luck on a sucessful build.

Thanks all!

Justin, my site may help you.

http://traditionalarchery101.com

The outer limbs on both limbs are looking a bit stiff. Hard to tell without drawing though.

Jawge

A tiller tree is the best thing you can have.Put a piece of tape on your bow scale at the desired weight and don't pull past it.

Looks like a great piece of wood. Enjoy your new bow when it arrives.

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