Floor tillering ????

[Elktracker]

When your floor tillering, how much bend do you want before it is ok to put on the tiller tree with a long string to get a better look at things? Thanks Josh

[profsaffel]

I don't think it's so much a matter of getting so much bend, but you are wanting even bend, both between one limb and the other, and the general circle curve from tip to handle. You shouldn't get a lot of "distance bend" during floor tillering before you put a long string on it.

[Elktracker]

Ok im getting about 5" bend in both limbs with the same amount of pressure roughly but this stave has some character so its hard to tell if the bend is even when looking toward the ground. thanks though

[ricktrojanowski]

I try to get both limbs bending evenly and without any obvious flat spots.  I shoot for about 20# over intended draw weight when I finish the floor tiller stage.  This is an only an estimate, since you really can't scale it while floor tillering. 

[Parnell]

I usually look to see wood working through the limb with about I'd say about 25# of force being applied.

[Pat B]

I usually go with about 4" of tip movement with floor tillering but it's not the amount of bend like the Prof said it is the quality of the bend. I'm trying to get both limbs bending evenly and together and about the same amount of resistance.

[Del the cat]

Ok im getting about 5" bend in both limbs with the same amount of pressure roughly but this stave has some character so its hard to tell if the bend is even when looking toward the ground. thanks though

Blimey, you should have got it on the tiller last week .
I try to get it on the tiller ASAP, once it's flexing at all. Even my 'long string' is shortenned so that it will only just get on the bow.
Sooner is better than later, it's easy to end up with too little poundage. The string adds a lot of leverage, so what feels stiff on the floor can be much weaker on the string.
JMO of course.
Del

[Pappy]

Just like Del said,bending even and on to tiller,sooner rather than later.  My long string is also just long enough to fit the bow.  I rarely every miss weight doing it this way. 
   Pappy

[George Tsoukalas]

Yes, it is ok and there are buildalongs on my site showing how I use the long string. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/