Basic Hickory backed bow build 2 - full tiller

[@bienyamientoefy1923]

greetings mr.pettit and everyone,😄congratulations sir.fantastic looking bow.i know that feeling when a bow turns out to be a good shooter.thank you mr.pettit for endless beneficial lessons.GOD BLESS YOU

[@growinmoflower3391]

Beautiful bow, can't wait to see it all complete, well done!

[@IndianaBows]

Excelent as aways

[@meadowlarkadventuregear]

Thank you!

[@roman_sudneko]

A time capsule bow! I would heat treat the belly. Lightly. Those wight woods need it.

[@glenn_r_frank_author]

You mention it "Sweating out it's brace height"... do you leave it strung not more than 30 minutes.. or is there a maximum you would use to get it to settle before you do final tiller? You also later say you are doing most of your tillering while it is strung. What are the benefits / detriments to leaving it strung that long during tillering?

[@meadowlarkadventuregear]

There’s no fast rule on the “sweating” process… It’s a way to basically work a green bow without pulling on the string and risking overstraining or breaking it right out of the gate. To me, it’s about teaching the wood to bend in the early stages of the game, and I’ll only do one or two sweating periods of 30 minutes each - but that is purely a personal process, and is usually an excuse to take a break and still feel like there’s purpose behind it lol! As for leaving it strung during tillering corrections, that’s just me being judicious with my time… It’s easier to remove wood from the strung bow then to go through the unstringing and restringing process for minor adjustments. However, I will only do this when tillering has smoothed out and there is no evidence of any hinges. Hinges must be arrested before the bow is allowed to be strung and worked for prolonged periods. In either case I try to limit extended periods of working the bow without allowing it to relax for several minutes and show me it’s strain in the form of set/string follow in the unstrung bow.

[@glenn_r_frank_author]

@@meadowlarkadventuregear Thanks! ;-)

[@resoluteretreat1532]

Two Questions for you . . . have you made a reverse backed bow . . . if you did I may have missed it . . . if not, will you build one in the future? What happens to those bows you make . . . available for purchase? FredSG

[@meadowlarkadventuregear]

I’m not sure I follow on the reverse backed bow - you’ll have to elaborate on that one, and all of my bows go on a rack in the den until I take them up to the archery shop to sell or I sell them directly to customers. Every one of them is available for purchase.

[@growinmoflower3391]

@@meadowlarkadventuregear I was also curious on the cost of the simplest design from the most common wood, self bow even if that's most affordable,I know your attention to detail and history of wood working is deep..thanks again for sharing the passion and KEEPING TRADITIONAL ARCHERY ALIVE ✌

[@resoluteretreat1532]

@@meadowlarkadventuregear Sorry about that . . . it should have read reverse or forward handle bow . . . how about a video where you display all the bows you have made and give the specs on each . . . enjoy your videos. How does one buy a bow "directly" from you? Is the archery shop one that you own? Great bow building videos!!!!!

[@jessicabenson9017]

Put it back on the form, heat treat the belly with a heat gun or even over a fire like Keith Shannon and Thad Beckum have shown over on Beckum Outdoors channel (fire harden a hickory self bow) and then put a little recurve in the tips to help bring the weight back up some You could even add rawhide or sinew 👍

[@meadowlarkadventuregear]

Good suggestions, but I didn’t lose much reflex to begin with, and the bow is already backed with hickory glued on with tight bond 2… I’d rather not test my luck with heat treating and inducing a bend on that joint.

[@jessicabenson9017]

@meadowlarkadventuregear great point. Wasn't thinking about the glue concern when I commented. Beautiful bow though. I have a kiln dried hickory board that's testing that 1.5 inch wide mark on the front and a little narrowing towards the back which will be the belly area since ill be tillering anyways and it's 64" long which is my standard bow length for self bows, etc. And I have just at a 28 inch draw if exact a little shy of 28. But, I plan on backing it with Clay Hayes rawhide that he sells from his channel over at twistedstave. Will be my first board bow ever and picked up your channel and gaining some great knowledge so thank you for the kind words and help along the way. Reamin blessed my friend Sincerely Robert Benson