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PeteDavis

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Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« on: March 02, 2010, 10:41:57 am »
Thanks Pat.

Where can I get a good tillering string, with the heavy trangular nylon pockets, as are on one end of my LB stringer?? Don't want to buy two stringers if I don't have to.

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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 11:36:43 am »
Pete, I use parachute cord with a slip knot on each end for a tiller string. I cut temporary nocks in the stave as soon as I get 6" to 8" of tip movement. Once I get to low brace, I can string the bow by hand...usually!  ::) ;D
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 01:03:43 pm »
I'm the same as Pat-use paracord or clothesline rope for a tillering string.
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 01:16:10 pm »
I got a tiller string of B50 that Big A helped me make at the 11th Classic. Its Really long.
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 01:41:15 pm »
I use all my old bow strings as tillering strings.  I have a peg I stick them on next to my tillering tree.  Since I have made so many different sized bows now, one bow's regular string becomes the long string for tillering  a shorter bow.  I just go through them till I find the right one for tillering that particular bow.   :)
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 01:48:14 pm »
It takes a long for your bows Cracker, ;) ;D ;D I also use a tiller string,loop on one end and tie a bowyers knot on the other to adjust the length. I usuallyuse it all the way through the short string and shoot in,sometimes serve it and that's my bow string,Lazy. ;) :)
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 01:55:12 pm »
I do as Pappy does, but i have a stringer with the leather pouches on it. I use that for the long string.
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Re: Tillering String/Sewn Nylon Pockets
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 02:11:03 pm »
I use sash cord from the hardware store. I just make a double knot. I cut nocks right after floor tillering. Jawge
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