u/Rebirth_of_wonder

I’m familiar with the modern bow making books. What are the older, historical resources. Are they available as a modern printing?

Hey guys, I’ve recently broken a couple of bows during the tillering process. These long bows were deep into the process and then I lost them.

I’m curious what you do with these materials. Do you keep them as reminders of your work? Cut them down for Take-down bow parts? Pitch them? Burn them?

I’m looking mostly old books and leads to the older resources, but I’ll tale anything.

I’m working on a presentation for work. Mindset is a major section of this project. It occurred to me that I use archery to clear my head, focus my mind and align my inner self.

I don’t adhere to any specific school of thought on this (ie. Kyudo), just its naturally been part of my archery journey.

I’m curious if this true for other shooters. Does your inner self have a relationship with your archery?

I know it’s an odd question, but I gotta try.

Hey guys - I have a 62” hickory board bow I built. It shoots beautifully, maybe better than my Samick takedown.

I noticed when shooting it, there is some leftover shake or power left in the bow that doesn’t transfer to the arrow. I’m still new to bow building, and I’m curious if this is simply normal for longbows, or if there is something I should do to the bow to fix it.

It fatigues my hand quickly with each shot. This not an end of the world thing, but I’m trying to improve.

Just finished my second bow. From drawing it, I’d guess that it’s around 30-40lbs draw weight at 23”.

How do you guys measure the draw weight?

I’m almost to the point where I need to start tillering my first bow. Where is the best tutorial on building a tillering rack.

I think I understand the basics of tillering over all, just need to build a rack.