Primitive Archer

Very good information so far 
My 2 cents

(1) I floor tiller, I push the tip on the floor hard and push the handle sideways at the same time to see the bend. A piece of leather on the floor helps save the tip.
I'm trying to mock a bow string pulling to the handle when I push.

(2) Arter I get it bending good I use a long string (long string is just long enough to string the bow and the string is close to the belly of the handle) or a very short brace.

(3) only bend the bow a few inches on a tiller tree to see what is going on, the better the bend the farther you can bend it, and brace it higher. at the same time.

(4) Don't draw the bow on the tiller tree and hold it there for more that a few seconds.

I did two steam sessions and neither got me enough movement.  I think I need to remove more wood so there is less to heat and bend.  Life has become a pia lately so not much time to work on it.  I hope maybe I can get back to it soon...

Paul

Nice even set the whole way along the bow,

when tillering, how close to full draw do you detect the set beginning to occur?

Hi, Eric.  Yeah, it doesn't keep me from getting the spine right, but it seems like it will affect arrow flight and penetration, and with this low draw weight, it needs all the help it can get.

Some times I get in a cooking mood, yesterday was one of those days. I have been baking chickens lately, cheap, lots of meat that will make my supply of deer last longer. I invited my girlfriend for lunch but she is a traveling nurse who can make a lot more money working holidays so she canceled on lunch and headed out to parts unknown to work.

I baked a chicken, fried squash; I had just picked the squash in the background, my first picking of the year. I cooked poke salat which was amazing, some Kentucky Wonder green beans that I had canned and made slaw (not in the picture).

While I was on a roll, I defrosted some muscadine juice that I put up last fall and made muscadine jam to give as gifts. I use the old fashion method of making jam without pectin, it takes a while to boil it down but the muscadine flavor is bold and distinct.