skipping the long string

[Renacs]

  How many or any of you skip using a longstring. When tillering? Over the last few year I've been going straight to brase. And since then I've had less bows tiller funky. Have any of you noticed the same results?

[George Tsoukalas]

I have on occasion butI don't usually becasue I can really see how the limbs are bending with the long string. Jawge

[SLIMBOB]

I don't skip it, but I go to low brace early.  I use it to get there once floor tiller shows a good even flex on both limbs.  The long string just tells me the low brace will be even.

[burchett.donald]

  Some years back, I floor tillered a hickory that I thought was perfect To my amazement after bracing it looked like a hockey stick and caused severe set on one side. I have to use the long string to see both limbs working evenly...
                                                                                                                                 Don

[fiddler49]

I just make my bow string a little long to start with and shorten with timber hitch.  cheers fiddler49

[bow101]

Today for the first time I went to full brace right away on a 3 piece bow.  Low weight bow mind you........like 30'ish or so.

[Pat B]

I love using the long string but once I get the tips to move 6" or so I move to low brace if everything is OK. Shortly after low brace I like my limbs bending evenly and together. From then on it is just reducing weight.

[sleek]

I floor tiller and go to brace. I have gotten so good that sometimes ( read lucky ) my tiller is spot on. I never really have a bad tiller at brace.

[Del the cat]

I don't skip it, but I go to low brace early.  I use it to get there once floor tiller shows a good even flex on both limbs.  The long string just tells me the low brace will be even.

+1
I don't floor tiller..
Del

[mikekeswick]

The long string is your friend. Less stress on the stave than when braced and it will tell you everything you need to know. I go to about 20 inch draw on the long string. It really helps with set but you need to know how it alters the limbs shape compared to actual brace.

[chamookman]

Unless it's a really wonky stave, I too skip the long string. But, I do an aggressive floor tiller that comes with experience. Bob

[Pappy]

Almost always use one unless it is a very light weight bow. :)I use a long string just long enough to go end to end and a tiller stick 1 inch at a time until I get ready for low brace, when all is even there I go to the tiller tree. Slow I know but I am not usually in any big hurry anyway to get one braced.
   Pappy

[missilemaster]

I almost never use one anymore. By the time I get it braced its usually about 10 pounds over weight, so there isn't that much to take off to bring it to full draw.

[Buckeye Guy]

I may be the worst at floor tillering anyone has seen so I skip it and go strait to long string
If you are good at floor tillering then you can skip the long string

[PEARL DRUMS]

 

I almost never use one anymore. By the time I get it braced its usually about 10 pounds over weight, so there isn't that much to take off to bring it to full draw.

Yup, that's what he taught me!