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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Don Case on December 01, 2013, 09:01:25 pm

Title: Tillering
Post by: Don Case on December 01, 2013, 09:01:25 pm

I think tillering is just an underhanded way of getting you to do an upper body workout so that maybe you'll be able to pull the bow when you finish it. Rasping and scraping is work!!!
Whewwww
Don

Title: Re: Tillering
Post by: RyanR on December 01, 2013, 09:20:50 pm

I gotta tell you its the most frustrating thing for me. Takes a good eye. You think you have it and dang, there's a flat spot. >:(

Title: Re: Tillering
Post by: adb on December 01, 2013, 09:30:50 pm

A lot of tillering is believing what your eye is telling you. And, yes... it can be hard work. If I'm hard at it and really concentrating on tillering out a bow, the sweat drips off my nose big time!

Title: Re: Tillering
Post by: Don Case on December 01, 2013, 09:54:53 pm

I got er bendin now!! But then so am I :P :P

Title: Re: Tillering
Post by: bubbles on December 02, 2013, 12:49:28 am

For me its the excercising between scrapings. Pull that sucker 20 to 30 times each time I remove wood. With a 50lb bow it gets tiring.